The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other.
E.F. Benson...vicinity to the sea is desirable, because it is easier to do nothing by the sea than anywhere else, and because bathing and basking on the shore cannot be considered an employment but only an apotheosis of loafing. ("Expiation")
E.F. BensonWhen one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.
E.F. Benson