It's monstrous that an educated mother should have to be nursemaid.' 'But you know very well I think nothing of that.

A creche, indeed! No child of mine should go to any such place.' There it was.

She grudged no trouble on behalf of the child.

That was love; whereas--But then maternal love was a mere matter of course.
'As soon as you get two or three hundred pounds for a book,' she added, laughing, 'there'll be no need for me to give so much time.' 'Two or three hundred pounds!' He repeated it with a shake of the head.
'Ah, if that were possible!' 'But that's really a paltry sum.

What would fifty novelists you could name say if they were offered three hundred pounds for a book?
How much do you suppose even Markland got for his last ?' 'Didn't sell it at all, ten to one.