“By this time Nicholas was becoming a bit irritated - Erin was maddening enough in normal circumstances, but to have him also be right several times in a row was really too much.”

“Where Nira and Honey had gotten such expensive things, she never asked, lest she madden them.”

“Like an elephant beset by bees, or the straw that broke the camel's back, this week's swarm of small irritating things could madden even tolerant Taurans.”