My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy #1)

by Gerald Durrell

He also developed long ear-tufts, which he would raise in indignation when you attempted to take liberties with him.

Larry stared at her for a moment, breathing deeply. ‘What a masterly understatement,’ he said at last; ‘you are always ready with the apt platitude to sum up a catastrophe. How I envy you your ability to be inarticulate in the face of Fate.’