Alas! Peter Johannes had forgotten to remove his mask on leaving the house!
Whoever thinks a perfect work to see,
Thinks what ne’er was, nor is, nor e’er shall be.
Pope.
[70. The Professor Sees Through It]
When Hawkins said, ‘it’s twenty minutes after six’ and ‘it’s a quarter to eleven,’ Fordney knew he was not a railroad man.
No railroad worker ever speaks of the time in any other manner than, ‘it’s six-twenty’ and ‘it’s ten-forty-five.’
Ask the next conductor!
There is nothing more nearly permanent in human life than a well-established custom. Joseph Anderson.