Jack," said Charles, "he's making up words again.""Yes," Jack replied, "but he's getting better at it, don't you think?

I'm a conundrum. Or an enigma. I forget which.

You're a very odd man," said Bert."I get that more often than you'd think," replied Charles.

Discipline, Norah. If you're going to taunt them, remember to stick out your tongue.

That's a shame," said Bert, "to run out of crackers before you've run out of emergency.

Kind of bloodthirsty, don't you think, Charles?" said John."I'm an editor," said Charles. "I have to make decisions like that all the time.

It's Elvish," Tummeler repeated. "It says, basically, 'Declare allegiance, and be welcomed.""Well, doesn't it perhaps mean that the magic word that opens the door is 'allegiance'?" Said Jack. "In Elvish?""That's a stupid idea," said John. "Then anyone who spoke Elvish could get in.