1. "The look on his face, " Towser resumed, "was like a child caught doing something very, very wicked—that was it exactly!

2. Towser closed his eyes and bumped his head back against the rough wood of the paddock door.

3. Sergeant Towser was lean and angular and had fine blond hair so light it was almost without colour, sunken cheeks.

4. Then there was Towser the Brit; his wife worked at the British Embassy.

5. "By Saint Muirfath and the Archangel, " Towser said with a sigh after a few sodden moments had passed, "I had sore need of this! "

6. Towser searched around with his hand until he found the jug and lifted it up for a long drink.