I have ordered them in every town in America and in Australia, and in every factory in Africa, and I am expecting bales of them from Bremen and a ship-load from Melbourne." And Panther turned towards the Minister of War the tranquil and radiant look of a hero.

However, Greatauk, his eye-glass in his eye, was looking at the formidable pile of papers with less satisfaction than uneasiness.
"Very good," said he, "very good! but I am afraid that this Pyrot business may lose its beautiful simplicity.

It was limpid; like a rock-crystal its value lay in its transparency.

You could have searched it in vain with a magnifying-glass for a straw, a bend, a blot, for the least fault.

When it left my hands it was as pure as the light.