I had my toe redressed wiv bandage, gauze and plasters. I could tell you how Dr (Simon) Costain plucked the bits of old gauze out of my toe wiv tweezers. Dat's an ooch.

She bartered a bonsai for one of the rare books in my library.

When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery— / When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery,

But it is well to remember that walls have ears, and therefore to whisper.