Waiting and hoping is a hard thing to do when you've already been waiting and hoping for almost as long as you can bear it.

It was an exceptional sensation, reading by spiderlight.

You let their friendship continue because Maisie looks after your son while you're gallivanting around the country disguised as Sherlock Holmes" - Uncle Paton Yewbeam

Waiting and hoping is a hard thing to do when you've already been waiting and hoping for almost as long as you can bear it.