Quotes by : E.F. Benson

The news that she had gone of course now spread rapidly, and by lunch time Riseholme had made up its....

This was all splendid stuff for Luciaphils; it was amazing how at a first glance she recognised everybody.....

I wonder why he hastened to tell us that George Hearne was buried in the churchyard, and then added that....

Miss Mapp moved towards the screen."What a delicious big screen," she said."Yes, but don't go behind....

Now Miss Mapp's social dictatorship among the ladies of Tilling had long been paramount, but every now....

Luck ever attends the bold and constructive thinker: the apple, for instance, fell from the tree precisely....

On the doorstep Adele met Tony Limpsfield. She hurried him into her motor, and told the chauffeur not....

Miss Mackintosh waved her arms wildly."Oh, please stop, and let me guess," she cried. "I shall go crazy....

She was a gardener of the ruthless type, and went for any small green thing that incautiously showed....

There is a certain amount which I shan't mention publicly," Elizabeth said. "Things about Lucia which....