I did not accept his offer. . . 

. . . .she kept one hand on the derringer strapped to her garter belt. . . . 

His mind, by and large, remained undisciplined, not so much due to an innate shortcoming of character as the distraction caused by the unremitting nature of his "headaches."

True love, sequestered in a subterranean chamber .  .  . 

He was thought of as the most incompetent criminal who ever lived. . . 

The Genie often utilized a tact of feigning deafness. . .

. . . he didn't know you weren't supposed to open your umbrella in the . . .