But some characters in books are really real--Jane Austen's are; and I know those five Bennets at the opening of Pride and Prejudice, simply waiting to raven the young men at Netherfield Park, are not giving one thought to the real facts of marriage.

Ham with mustard is a meal of glory

Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.

Perhaps what you call conventionality, I call decency.

Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper.

My God - it's a green child!" said the American. "What is this place - the House of Usher?

The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort.