One never hears a word of the others.

It's lucky he's on the right side." "And what do you think ?" Oliver turned vacant eyes again out of the window.
"I think it is touch and go," he said.

"The only remarkable thing is that here hardly anybody seems to realise it.

It's too big for the imagination, I suppose.

There is no doubt that the East has been preparing for a descent on Europe for these last five years.