Lady (to coalheavers). "SO SWEET OF YOU TO COME. I DO HOPE YOU'LL COME AGAIN."
"More to the west the British marked fresh progress south of Achiet-le-Petit, where their lines were advanced on a front of 2 kilometres (1¼ miles). Finally the Germans fell back for the length of 2 kilometres (5/8 mile) between Essarts and Gommecourt."—The Evening News.
The road home always seems shorter.
"The enemy went at the moment when he left because he was shelled out."—Daily Mail.
Of course he might have had a different motive if he had gone the moment after he left.
"She was wearing a three-quarter red coat with glass buttons to match a heavy blue skirt with low neck."
We never have approved of these décolletés skirts.