""Wet", said he. Classics was his subject, and he sometimes affected a classical simplicity in social conversation."

"The Forresters, as they told everyone they met, had "neither chick nor child". Their failure to have a chick never pr…"

""Children, don't speak so coarsely," said Mr Webster, who had a vague notion that some supervision should be exercise…"

"But Freddy was not in a mood to be satisfied with herself, and as she put on her pyjamas and jumped into bed she wond…"

"A slovenly action, thrice repeated, has become a habit."

"In her latest speech she had scored a double; she had condemned Griselda's legs because they were beautiful, and snee…"

"Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to m…"

"The thought which was uppermost in his mind, when at last Griselda stopped and turned to him, was that his mother nev…"

"His key seemed to make a shattering noise in the lock. And when he entered the hall, which was in darkness, maternal …"

"St. Clement's was Broad, with a tendency to become Low under stress."