I begged him to be calm, to control himself for his wife's sake, for all our sakes. I was most graceful and sympathetic about it.
But with the thaw Fitz-Jones had frozen again.
"Civil Servant requires house."—Local Paper.
On the other hand, many houses just now require a civil servant.
Lady. "YOU COME HERE BEGGING AND SAY YOU ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DO ANY MORE WORK. I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING."
Tramp. "THEN I'VE BEEN MISINFORMED, LIDY. I CERTAINLY 'EARD THAT AFTER THE WAR ENGLAND WAS GOIN' TER BE A BETTER PLACE FER THE LABOURING CLASSES."