You have a way of looking past all minor details, straight to the great essentials.

Most women would stand----" "Never mind what most women would do, Ronnie.

I never stand, if I can sit down! It is a waste of useful energy.

But you must tell me 'the great essentials,' as they appear to you, if I am to view them properly.
Why do you want to go to Central Africa ?" Ronald leapt up and stood with his back to the mantel-piece.
"Helen, I have a new plot; a quite wonderful love-story; better than anything I have done yet.

But the scene is laid in Central Africa, and I must go out there to get the setting vivid and correct.