She was very young, and had little experience of Society; in a year or two these surface blemishes would be polished away.

The important thing was that she did sincerely care for things of the mind, and had a mind to apply to them.
He sat on Miss Tomalin's right hand; on her left was Mrs.Toplady.

The humourist of Pont Street, as she listened to the talk beside her, smiled very roguishly indeed.

Seldom had anything so surprised and entertained her as the progress of intimacy between May and Lord Dymchurch But she was vexed, as well as puzzled, by Lashmar's recent step, which seemed to deprive the comedy of an element on which she had counted.

Perhaps not, however; it might be that the real complication was only just beginning.
"As You Like It," was timed for a couple of hours, intervals included.
Miss Tomalin did not fail to whisper her neighbours at every noteworthy omission from the text, and once or twice she was moved to a pained protest.