He hasn't found himself, as they say.

He's rewriting Poe and De Maupassant; and that stuff was good only when Poe and De Maupassant wrote it." "How do you spell the last name ?" He spelt it.

He wasn't sure, but he thought he saw a faint shudder stir her shoulders.

"Not the sort of stories young ladies should read.

Poe is all right, if you don't mind nightmares.