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Like all end-of-the-line depots it was characterized by rust, dilapidation, the barest functionalism of design and an odd pessimistically-expectant air of waiting for someone to come along and finish it off properly.
A man of infinite resource—those were their exact words—who can extricate himself from positions of utmost difficulty.
‘Intelligence is the first arm of modern warfare,’ Wyatt-Turner said bitterly. ‘Or has someone said that before?’
‘Say a prayer for us, honey. And if you don’t know any prayers, keep your fingers crossed till they ache.’
When no other option offered there was no point in figuring the percentages, and, besides, they were due to find out immediately: the long-awaited company was at hand.
It was said of Kramer that he never made the same mistake twice—and that no one could remember when he’d last made a mistake for the first time.
survival was a matter of the infinitely careful consideration of all possible dangers, no matter how remote that possibility might at times appear.
Being at the wrong end of a Schmeisser machine-pistol does not make for an easy cordiality in relationships.
‘The Major Smiths of this world don’t drive over the edge of a cliff. Quotation from the future Mrs Schaffer. The Major Smiths of this world don’t fall off the roofs of cable-cars. Quotation from the future Mrs Schaffer’s future husband.’
arsonist’s dream or fireman’s nightmare, the castle was finished:
