“She warned him that, if he got killed, she should cut down the great cedar at the south-west corner of Groby. It kept all the light out of the principal drawing-room and the bedrooms above it.... He winced: he certainly winced at that. She regretted that she had said it. It was along other lines that she desired to make him wince.”
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“Dziwna to była przyjaźń, ale dziwność przyjaźni często gwarantuje jej trwałość.”
“Człowiek nie musi żyć wśród mętów społeczeństwa, aby nie usłyszeć nic o mętach towarzystwa.”
“Chodź, napijemy się ginu. Oto prawdziwa odpowiedź na wszystkie parszywe problemy.”
“Jest pan zadziwiający, jak na mężczyznę, który stara się zachowywać jak ukwiał!”