The wine was excellent.

She called herself "an old woman"-- "so kind to lunch with an old woman"-- which flattered him.

She talked of Joseph Chamberlain, whom she had known.

She said that Jacob must come and meet--one of our celebrities.

And the Lady Alice came in with three dogs on a leash, and Jackie, who ran to kiss his grandmother, while Boxall brought in a telegram, and Jacob was given a good cigar.
A few moments before a horse jumps it slows, sidles, gathers itself together, goes up like a monster wave, and pitches down on the further side.