I do not object to the phenomena, but I do object to the parrot..

Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right to commit..

Nature is all very well in her place, but she must not be allowed to make things untidy..

By god, DH Lawrence was right when he said there must be a dumb, dark, dull, bitter belly-tension between a man and a woman, and how else could this ….