It's amusing now and then, but gets rather tiresome when you hear it often.

By-the-bye, you are not personally acquainted with Mr Fadge ?' 'I didn't even know his name until you mentioned it.' 'The most malicious man in the literary world.

There's no uncharitableness in feeling a certain pleasure when he gets into a scrape.

I could tell you incredible stories about him; but that kind of thing is probably as little to your taste as it is to mine.' Miss Harrow and her companions, having caught sight of the pair, came towards them.

Tea was to be brought out into the garden.
'So you can sit with us and smoke, if you like,' said Miss Harrow to Alfred.