That would be delightful,' agreed Flora, thinking how nasty and boring it would be.

That would be delightful,' agreed Flora, thinking how nasty and boring it would be.

Well,' said Mrs Smiling, 'it sounds an appalling place, but in a different way from all the others. I mean, it does sound interesting and appalling, while the others just sound appalling.

Nature is all very well in her place, but she must not be allowed to make things untidy.

The life of a journalist is poor, nasty, brutish, and short. So is his style

On the whole, Flora liked it better when they were silent, though it did rather give her the feeling that she was acting in one of the less cheerful German highbrow films.

There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm