“I found out when I went away from Wythorpe the first time in November--remember? How nice it is to rhyme, I must do it all the time.”

“None of us like to think we are silly. But all must acknowledge that they are capable of silliness, from time to time”

“I must try to be charitable, Caroline thought: probably she doesn't mean to sound as if she is continually translating from Latin.”

“...soon dinner will run into bed-time, and we shall all eat reclining like the ancient Romans--about whose digestion, you know, I have often wondered. Whether a dose of rhubabrb might have made a difference to Nero or Caligula is a question you might ponder, my dear, next time you go through your Tacitus.”

“I will do what I can”

“I make a rule never to remember anything before last week. It makes life more interesting”

“The respectable world and I are on easy terms. I ignore it when I choose, and it does likewise with me.”