As the Major entered I observed upon his person a kind of uprightness that no sober man ever had, varied with quick little steps sideways, for no good visible reason, and when he comes up to the counter he grabs it with both hands and says, ' How do—gla' meecher—hot, ain't it?

When she slapped me, I tried hard to choke back my tears.

Tseng Shao-hua had taken Yen Hsüeh-mei on his back out to the boat which carried her safely back to Chungking.

A major principle of sandcastling is always to complete your work on a higher level before proceeding to a lower level. […] Making up your own techniques is not difficult. In fact, the more sandcastling you do, the more you will find your imagination taking over.