Do you think you can weather the storm, or will you just sell your house now?

Throughout the world, change is the order of the day.

The third year he had a tailor staying with him before Whitsuntide, making new clothes for the holidays.

The Ambassador warned him of the consequences if his mission to Moscow were a failure, both to Churchill's position at home and to Russia's prospects in the war. He insisted that he should not allow himself to be offended 'by a peasant who didn't know any better'. Churchill listened in silence, then returned to the dacha leaving Clark Kerr outside.