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'Stephen, you may remember that I have told you about our grievous lack of master's mates, and how I yearned to replace poor Wantage?'
'I do not suppose you have mentioned it much above ten times a day.'

CSL to Brewer (p. 143): "I rather get the impression – let's mix our metaphors well – that you are skating on thin ice over various hornets' nests that might at any moment burst into flame."

"One does not need to be Ludwig Wittgenstein in order to see this." p. 130.

This is wonderful so far. I believe it is also the very first work of literary criticism I've encountered that refers to the "noble game" of Hungry Hungry Hippos (56 fn 9).