At Christmas every body invites their friends and thinks little of even the worst weather.

“My idea of good company, Mr. Eliot, is the company of clever, well-informed peo…”

“From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morni…”

“Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I…”

“I am half agony, half hope.”