unearths some literary gems.
From Edgar Box:
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"Mrs. Veering had changed from calm rational matron to Niobe, weeping over her children, if that's the one who wept over her children."
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From Too Many Clients, by Rex Stout:
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"It went on for minutes, and all he said was 'No' nine times. When he hung up I said, 'Just a yes man.'"
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From Close Quarters, by Michael Gilber:
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"Mrs. Judd?" he suggested, without apparent reflection.
"I was coming to her," said the Dean reluctantly. Rather in the manner of one who dis-cupboards a tiresome skeleton.
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The arrangement of the south side of the Close was particularly gratifying to an orderly mind. Big house, little house, big house, little house. Canon, minor canon, canon, minor canon. Like a huge ecclesiastical sandwich with alternate layers of jam and cream.
