Then my heart chilled as I realized that however ridiculous this sounds, Bush really believes it.
The surgeons must stop a patient's heart, chill his body and drain out his blood before they can operate.
Imagine that skull with its fierce angles and sniper's eyes rising from the mists of the great Northwest and returning to us, again giving courage to those who have lost heart, again chilling the souls of those who would dare challenge the Blue.
But my heart gradually chilled as I realized what I had really paid for -- a two-hour set of golden oldies, accompanied by flaccid pyrotechnics.
The most dramatic example occurs following a heart-chilling (and distinctly improv-free) rendition of an old George Butterworth Shropshire ballad about the evils of sending young men off to war.
It featured landmines, dogs, snipers, search lights, vibration detectors for tunnels, and many other heart-chilling extravagances.
The chilling heart of the show includes the work of Otto Dix and a grisly print, "Death by Gas," from his 1924 battlefield chronicle, "The War".
The show is a mix of funny, touching, chilling and heart-warming.
Obtaining first-rate performances by every cast member right through to Lady Holland's uncredited monkey companion Solomon, they've woven their now chilling, now heart-warming, now belly-laughs-inducing intrigues into a tapestry completely worthy of hanging next to the stunning English tapestry that was the first series.
And the great indoors, too: I've been welcomed into the heart of Oz cafe society, chilling out with Sydneysiders over all-day brunches following long nights of clubbing.
So I loved Julie Myerson's The Stopped Heart (Vintage, £12.99), a properly chilling novel with a dual narrative that plays on the idea of being haunted and deals with profoundly disturbing subject matter.
