In my time, the hotter you were, the hotter you were made to be, till you got cool naturally.

I suppose," with half-interested sarcasm, "that you'd give her cold water to drink if she asked for it ?" "Certainly." "Well, I expect she knows better than to ask for it!" Feeling Ann's imploring gaze, Callandar resorted to diplomacy.
"The fact is, Mrs.Sykes," he said pleasantly, "there really isn't very much wrong with Ann.

You have been letting your forethought and your natural anxiety run away with you.

There is not the slightest occasion for alarm.

If there were, I should not dream of hiding it from one so well-prepared as yourself.