The first couple on record made love in a garden." "Nonsense, darling! Eden was a quite fascinating jungle, in which all the wild animals conversed with intelligence and affability.

You don't suppose Eve would have stood there alone, calmly listening while the serpent talked theology, unless conversations with animals had been an every-day occurrence.

Think how you'd flee to me, if an old cow in the park suddenly asked you a question.

But do let's keep to the point.

I've got a new plot, and I must have a new setting." "Why not be content to do as you have done before, Ronnie; go on writing, simply and sincerely, of the life you live and know ?" "Because, my dear girl, in common with the Athenians, people are always wanting either to tell or to hear some new thing.