“[…] There is a reason there are locks on the doors. Most of the patients aren't a problem; it is mainly the unsick ones that are dangerous.”

I judged from your remark about the diligence and industry of the high Parisian upper crust that it would have some point.

A child's sucking of his teeth, known classically as a Bajan chupse, when done in response to a parent's order to do something...

“You're a bosker, Millicent," Tom exclaimed fervently.