"I shall _never_ forget William the Conqueror--never." "Yes--yes, I think I do." It was clearly an effort of memory.
"And now," I said regretfully, "it can never be the same again." "Certainly not." He used quite unnecessary emphasis.
"William and the others having been since destroyed by fire," I continued.

Mr.Mafferton looked foolish.

"What a terrible scene that must have been! Didn't you feel when all that royal wax melted as if the dynasties of England had been wrecked over again! What effect did it have on dear old Victoria ?" "One question at a time," said Mr.Mafferton, and I think he smiled.
"Now you remind me of Sandford and Merton," I said, "and a place for everything and everything in its place.

And punctuality is the thief of time.

And many others." "You haven't got it _quite_ right," said Mr.Mafferton with incipient animation.