Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!

Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement

In old days the public didn't really mind much about accuracy, but nowadays readers take it upon themselves to write to authors on every possible occasion, pointing out flaws.

there is no fanatic like a religious fanatic.

She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read.

Mr. Jesmond made a peculiar noise rather like a hen who has decided to lay an egg and then thought better of it.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.