His aunt, Aunt Augusta is a woman of the world, she is very extravertive and she knows no scruples. I suppose some people would say the same of my ideas, but the bank had taught me to be wary of whims. I like to change my clothes as little as possible. Too many books by too many authors can be confusing, like too many shirts and suits. Protagonist and narrator, Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager is a very timorous and highly introvertive man. Graham Greene has at once won my attention with his subtle irony – for me it is the best kind of wit.

People are generally seen at their best on these occasions, serious and sober, and optimistic on the subject of personal immortality. …and in any case I have a weakness for funerals.

Some persons are like cats and some – like mice…