England is a jolly sight too small for anyone to live in with Aunt Agatha, if she's really on the warpath.
Did you ever tread on your partner's dress at a dance - I'm speaking now of the days when women wore dresses long enough to be trodden on - and hear it rip and see her smile at you like an angel and s...
By the way, one generally shakes hands in the smartest circles. Yours seem to be down there somewhere. Might I trouble you? Right. Got it? Thanks!
But then everybody says that, though you have a brain like a peahen, you're the soul of kindness and generosity.'Well, I was handicapped here by the fact that, never having met a peahen, I was unable...
But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is. Doubtless in order to avoid him, sir.
Bream Mortimer was tall and thin. He had small bright eyes and a sharply curving nose. He looked much more like a parrot than most parrots do. It gave strangers a momentary shock of surprise when they...
Birds, except when broiled and in the society of a cold bottle, bored him stiff.
Billie knew all. And, terrible though the fact is as an indictment of the male sex, when a woman knows all, there is invariably trouble ahead for some man.
Between camaraderie and love there is a broad gulf.
Between an egg that is fried and an egg that is cremated there is a wide and substantial difference.
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
Aunt Agatha is like an elephant- not so much to look at, for in appearance she resembles more a well-bred vulture, but because she never forgets.
As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only real and abiding pleasure in life is to give pleasure to other people. One
And what, he inquired
And he was, one could see, at peace with all the world. His daily round of tasks may or may not have been completed, but he was obviously off duty for the moment, and his whole attitude was that of a...
Am taking legal advice to ascertain whether strangling an idiot nephew counts as murder. If it doesn't look out for yourself.
About two hours afterwards Gethryn discovered a suitable retort, but, coming to the conclusion that better late than never does not apply to repartees, refrained from speaking it.
A more practised physiognomist would have been able to interpret that look. It was the one that butlers always wear when they have allowed themselves to be persuaded against their better judgement int...
A dog without influence or private means, if he is to make his way in the world, must have either good looks or amiability.
A detective is only human. The less of a detective, the more human he is. Henry was not much of a detective, and his human