A complete transformation seemed to have place in my life overnight. It was quite staggering, and thenceforward visitors and invitations continued to pour in daily until they became a source of grievance to our landlady, who was obliged to engage an extra servant to respond to the battering of powdered footmen on her humble and somewhat flimsy door.

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

I do not regret one moment of my life.

My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.

You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.

I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.