You are not wrong, Laurence said. He had assumed as much himself, after all, in his Navy days: had thought the Corps full of wild, devil-may-care libertines, disregarding law and authority as far as t...
I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to anybody.
No. Laurence said, I mean to retire when we have returned. I have enough money to keep Temeraire now, and enough of a countenance to ask my brother to put us up on one of the farms. Or they might retu...
When they had dismounted, he indulged himself in a shudder of his whole body. That is more than I undertake to do again!' --this to the admiral, in reproachful tones. Those two monstrously large beast...
. . and it came out that this King Arthur and his knights had done nothing of real note but to kill innocent dragons all around Britain: almost certainly a pack of lies, as Forthing admitted they had...
I am of the opinion, Tharkay said, that you ought not assign to free will something more likely the consequence of a sharp blow to the skull.
I will tell you what we shall do: if ever you need to rescue Catherine, or you Berkley, Maximus, I will help you, and you will do as much for me. Then we do not need to worry, I do not suppose anyone...
If they cannot be woken to a natural affection for their country, such as we feel, it is our fault and not theirs.
Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!