I'll tell you what she reminded me of a good deal--Romney's 'Parson's Daughter.' "What a find for my first day at Priorsford! "I went to tea with the Jardines and I never was at a nicer tea-party.
We said poems to each other most of the time.

Mhor's rendering of Chesterton's 'The Pleasant Town of Roundabout' was very fine, but Jock loves best 'Don John of Austria.' You would like Jock.

He has a very gruff voice and such surprised blue eyes, and is fond of weird interjections like 'Gosh, Maggie!' and 'Earls in the streets of Cork!' He is a determined foe to sentiment.

He won't read a book that contains love-making or death-beds.

'Does anybody marry ?' 'Does anybody die ?' are his first questions about a book, so naturally his reading is much restricted.
"The Jardines have the lovable habit of becoming suddenly overpowered with laughter, crumpled up, and helpless.