"Actually I can't stand the man. Sanctimonious, Calvinistic, so-and-so. Totally unsympathetic -can't think why he became a doctor - hectoring, bullying-sort of moral storm-trooper."
Part One, Chapter 1, page 8.

"Can't you keep this bloody place tidy?"
Part One, Chapter 2, page 39

"There are so many hypochondriacs out here. I think Murray can spot them a mile off."
Part One, Chapter 3, page 51

' I want you to get to know Murray because I want you to bribe him."
Part One, Chapter 4, page 55

"My maid Innocence. She's dead.'
Part One, Chapter 6, page 69

"That's Africa for you, eh? Trouble-free sex and tranquillizers. What do they call it? Post-pill paradise or something. Load of nonsense. Never seen a more neurotic, glum bunch in my life."
Part Two, Chapter 1, page 90

"This is what it's all about, Morgan, real work. Real diplomacy. Not this endless socializing, mindless official business. No, you can really do something...