"Like all superior Denizens, he was very handsome and very tall, and his frown hardly altered his features" (Prologue, p. 4).

"Dame Primus and her entourage were only a dozen yards away, the personification of the Will scowling at Suzy" (Chapter 1, p. 25).

"She inclined her head but didn't bow, and Arthur once more had the feeling that it would suit the Will to have him trapped in the House for ages, with the Skinless Boy taking his place back home" (Chapter 5, p. 74).

"She thinks she ought to be Recruit Lance-Corporal because she's go the highest precedence in the House of the lot of us. I guess She'll find out that doesn't matter here" (Chapter 9, p. 118).

"Though Florimel was tall, for a moment Arthur appeared taller still, and his hair suddenly moved as if it had been swept by the beat of unseen wings" (Chapter 11, p. 144).

"Never even-tempered at the...