Angela Thirkell Quotes

It Need Hardly Be Said That The Qualities Which Filled Martin With The Pangs Of Hero-worship Were Not Altogether Those Which David's Parents Would Have Most Desired. If He Had Had To Earn His Living, David Would Have Been A Serious Problem. But, Owing To The Ill-judged Partiality Of An Aunt, He Had Been Independent For Some Years. So He Lived In Town And Had Hankerings For The Stage And The Cinema And Broadcasting, And Every Now And Then His Looks And His Easy Manners And His Independent Income Landed Him In A Job, Though Not For Long. And, As Martin Had Dimly Surmised, Heaps Of Girls Had Been In Love With Him. When The Leslies Wished That David Would Settle Down To A Job And Stick To It, They Never Failed To Remind Each Other That The House Would Not Be The Same If David Were Not There So Often. Mr

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