Diana was not the most discerning of mortals, but just at this moment it struck her that Anne was not looking exactly overjoyed.

She braved the deeps of the seas.

He [Sir John Henry Biggart] was personally amused at having once been called a black bastard.

He loved the job and for him the job was his life. He wasn't a gunzel [tram obsessive], he was far more interested [in] his passengers.