As a general rule I am not a smoker: your aunt does not--ahem!--exactly like the smell.

But it collects the thoughts, and this wants thinking over.

Meanwhile, you might dress if you feel well enough.

Run to the shed and get the packet; we will read it over together when I have finished my pipe.

It is a remarkable story," he repeated, as he slowly opened the door, "a most marvellous story.