“He got up, splashing the water on his neck to cool himself down, and continued to walk steadily along the banks of the little river.”

“He is a gritty little fighter, and he would rise quickly after getting knocked down.”

“I slip drowsily into my dressing gown and tiptoe quietly to the top of the stairs.”

“Her career was a collection of serendipitous and fortuitous events that entices one to believe she was fated to succeed.”

“The brilliant Dupin uses his command of logic to reconstruct unsolvable crimes, twice at the request of police who overlook the clues at the crux of a mystery.”