Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
In the gloomy corridor of that sepulchre I had felt Emerson’s arms about me for the first time; along the rubble-strewn floor of the wadi we had raced by moonlight to save those we loved from a hideou...
I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.
He continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females...and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.
He never comes to see us unless he wants something. Find out what it is, tell him no, and let us be off.
He managed to create an atmosphere of sticky sentimentality that disgusted me.
You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats.It is an engaging quality, Emerson.That depends, said Emerson darkly, on how he likes them.
The room was so neat and tidy it made me feel quite depressed...I do not allow myself to repine about what cannot be helped; but I remembered earlier Decembers, under the cloudless blue skies and bril...
The only people who are not in awe of Emerson's powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of this, and often complains about it; so from time to t...
The man had no more romance in his soul than a codfish.
She was so pitiful as she lay there on the cold, damp ground that only a heart of stone could have been unmoved. There are many hearts of that composition, however.
She is fiercely protective of all those she loves, Emerson. She would take your part just as vigorously if someone were unkind to you.''D'you think so?' Emerson considered this idea.'I refuse to pick...
Now, Mama, Papa, and sir, said Ramses, please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared; we will never break through by this method. The walls are eight...
Let me be candid. Emerson would cheerfully consign the entire globe and its inhabitants (with a few exceptions) to the nethermost pits to save one dingy fragment of history from extinction.
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.Very boring, Emerson.
I have been accused of being somewhat abrupt in my actions and decisions, but I never act without thought; it is simply that I think more quickly and more intelligently than most people.
I couldn’t help overhearing, he went on. Grrr, said Emerson. (I assure you, there is really no other way of reproducing this sound.) Honestly.