"And what disease could it be? Smallpox and typhoid had been eradicated back in the twentieth century and polio in this one. Bacterials didn't have a chance again antibody specification and the antivirals worked so well nobody even had colds anymore." Chapter 5, Page 65

"Transcript from the Doomesday Book, (000740-000751) Mr. Dunworthy, I think you'd better come get me." Chapter 6, Page 86

"She had understood what they were saying because of the language lessons Mr. Dunworthy had given her, not because of the interpreter, and perhaps she was only deceiving herself that she understood them. Perhaps the conversation had not been about who she was at all, but about something else altogether - finding a missing sheep or putting her on trial." Chapter 11, Page 151

"You should have gone with Kivrin. Quarantines in the Middle Ages were far more exciting than this one's likely to be, with only four cases and...