Jinmon ni kotaeru no ga furieki da to satotte, iyoiyo oshi no mane o suru.Realizing that responding to interrogation would do him no good, he played deaf and dumb.

Watashi wa konna haregamashī seki wa nigate desu.I'm not that used to attend these grand ceremonies.

te de hae o harauto whisk flies off

Chosha to wa iu noni, gokan wa nakanaka nibui sa.He may be an author, but his sense of the language / command of nuance is really lacking.