“Mrs. Silsburn examined the match folder. On its outside cover, in gold letters on a crimson background, were printed the words ‘These Matches Were Stolen from Bob and Edie Burwick’s House.’ ‘Darling,’ Mrs. Silsburn said, shaking her head. ‘Really darling.’. . .
    ‘We had a whole bunch of them made up last year,’ the Lieutenant said. ‘Be amazed, actually, how it keeps you from running out of matches.’ ”

—J.D. Salinger, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, 1955.