So this is it,"said Arthur, "We are going to die.""Yes,"said... - Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"So this is it,"said Arthur, "We are going to die.""Yes,"said Ford, "except... no! Wait a minute!"He suddenly lunged across the chamber at something behind Arthur's line of vision. "What's this switch?"he cried."What? Where?"cried Arthur, twisting round."No, I was only fooling,"said Ford, "we are going to die after all."

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