This is a year-round business, so we can't afford holidays.

Gelotophobes have particular problems understanding facial expressions (Ruch and Proyer, 2008a). A smile may be seen as malevolent, even when no more is intended than a warm, happy, expression of positive emotion, as in teasing.

Hence that frivolosity of conduct, which pervades all ranks of men, even where the intereſts of eternity are concerned.

‘When I was a little child … the cardinal brought me a doll. It was an image of myself, in a robe all broidered over with the arms of England and France.’