"I used to imagine they had less, and yet, when you come to think of it, Dickens and Thackeray and Barrie, and so many other of the humourists we admire most are Britishers.

Besides, I never in all my days heard people laugh so hard as in that London theatre.

There was a man behind us, and every time he laughed Auntie looked round to see if a door had opened, he made such a draught.

But you have some funny expressions, Mr.Stephens!" "What else strikes you as funny, Miss Sadie ?" "Well, when you sent me the temple ticket and the little map, you began your letter, 'Enclosed, please find,' and then at the bottom, in brackets, you had '2 enclo.'" "That is the usual form in business." "Yes, in business," said Sadie demurely, and there was a silence.
"There's one thing I wish," remarked Miss Adams, in the hard, metallic voice with which she disguised her softness of heart, "and that is, that I could see the Legislature of this country and lay a few cold-drawn facts in front of them.

I'd make a platform of my own, Mr.Stephens, and run a party on my ticket.