" When Louise returned to the Aviary the others were playing the game of what character in fiction Peter Mir reminded them of.

'I think he's Mr Pickwick,' said Louise.

'Oh no! Never!' said Sefton. 'I think he's more like Prospero.'

'I think he's the Green Knight,' said Aleph. 'Come on, Moy, what do you think?'

'I think he's the Minotaur.'

'The Minotaur isn't a literary character, he's a mythical character,' Sefton objected.

'Oh really — !'

'What does Clement think?' said Aleph.

'I think he's Mephistopheles,' said Clement.

'Surely not, he's so nice!' said Louise. "

― Iris Murdoch , The Green Knight