[…] and consequently useful for many purposes; yet it is often found very unserviceable, being either shakey, foxey, druxey, worm-eaten, or full of rotten knots; therefore, timber of Euglish growth has certainly the preference; […]

She was so cold she was shivering.

Miss MARY JERROLD was just the perfect BARRIE mother (of Mary Rose). Mr. ARTHUR WHITBY'S parson, Mr. NORMAN FORBES' squire, Miss JEAN CADELL'S housekeeper, left no chinks in their armour for a critic's spleenful arrow.

Come, boys, bundle up well, because it's going to be a cold drive. I'll run ahead to get the others,