Those in Peril

"It was the tiniest of slurps, but Angela Montgomerie’s hearing was such that while taking a bath in her mansion she could detect a mouse sneezing three floors below in the wine cellar. And such was her rule over her household, that the mouse would have known that it had been heard and would have done the decent thing and committed suicide by picking a fight with the Burmese cat."

I enjoy Follett's style of writing a great deal. Even though relatively little actually happens in this story, I'm constantly impressed by the innovation of these tough, honourable men to find solutions to their problems. Not one of his shining works, but a very good peep into the other side of the Second World War.