The shepherd had a hundred sheep, and it might have been surprising that he was prepared to spend days searching for one sheep; in fact, it was because he was the kind of man prepared to spend days looking for a lost sheep that he had a hundred sheep.
How can you be who you are if you don't know who you are?
"I think something important is about to happen,' Hyacinth said with a sigh.
"Something important is always about to happen, my dear girl," Lady Danbury said. "And if not, you'd do well to act as if it were. You'll enjoy life better that way."
Annabel had heard the hearts-dropping-to-the-stomach expression before, and she'd said it, too, but this was the first time she actually understood it. Her entire body felt wrong, as if her heart was in her stomach and her lungs were in her ears, and her brain was somewhere east of France.And here's a funny one-liner.
Any sane person would flee in such a situation, and probably half of the mad ones, as well.
That Ellie had gotten caught in the proverbial line of fire made him want to eviscerate someone.
