" I'll heat some water, " says Parvaneh, and in a single snappy movement she slips past Ove and is suddenly standing in his kitchen, tugging at his kitchen cabinets.
" If she comes out of there, " he said, " hard and snappy, putting us to windward of the boats, it's likely there'll be empty bunks in steerage and fo'c'sle" .
The archbishop is right that more competition is needed, but old fashioned credit unions are unlikely to be able to beat the slick systems and snappy service of online providers, like Wonga.
Wolf Larsen strode aft from amidships, where he had been talking with the rescued men. The cat-like springiness in his tread was a little more pronounced than usual, and his eyes were bright and snappy.