Timothy belatedly thought to ask, for no reason at all that he could think of, asked of no one in particular, as if he had been delayed, his life delayed by multiplying introductions to life, but Philly Morris and Gloria Dehaven had abruptly turned their considerable backs, pretending, as a sudden, surprising remaneuver, perhaps, to ignore Timothy, to leave him awash in introductions, thereby foreclosing any introduction at all to the people of Anybodys.

Am I some deep-sea snake-monster that thou, thou grimsome watcher, watch me even when I swallow my spittle?

There was close by me a window, and, noiselessly as possible, I slid back a small piece, thereby rousing the light-sleeping mistress of the canary, who sharply requested it be closed again; … the other lady smiled despairingly, and signed me to obey, which I reluctantly did by closing the glass; but the shutter proved rumbunctious, and for no effort of mine would again move out of his groove; …

Highlighted in Alfred Henry's 1916 manual, Weather Forecasting in the United States, pressure-change charts have their own terminology, with allobar describing an area where the barometric pressure has changed by 0.1 inch or more in 12 hours[…]