This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat round the board guzzling in their greed; and really, what with their chatter and recriminations, the noise, as Wendy said, was positively deafening.

Oh, the cleverness of me!

If I were younger, I'd know more.

...it was like an examination paper that asks grammar, when what you want to be asked is Kings of England.

That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

You canna expect to be baith grand and comfortable.

I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.