Women who had never in their lives seen Mrs.Thatcher admired her for remaining in exile; they knew she must be (delectable phrase!) a good woman.
"You know dad has had an awful lonely time of it, Dan, and if he has done things that haven't sounded nice, he's as sorry as anybody could ask.

You know dad never made a cent in his life at poker, and his horses have come near busting him lots of times.

And sentiment against breweries over here would astonish people abroad.

It's that old Puritan strain, you know.

You understand all that, Dan." Dan grinned in spite of himself.