They are miserable in case anyone gets before them, in case a neighbour's car is a better make, in case a neighbour's entertainments are more elaborate....

Two girls came to see me this morning, nice girls, pretty girls, but even my old eyes could see the powder on their faces and their touched-up eyes.

And their whole talk was of daft-like dances, and bridge, and absurdities.

If they had been my daughters I would have whipped them for their affected manners.

And when I think of their grandmother! A decent woman was Mirren Somerville.