Delicate perfumes floated through the theatre; at the penny dukey, fried fish and hot codlins reminded you more of food than fantasy.

But what shall be our uniform? As I hope to be at least a Lieutenant-ess in the new Female Battalion, I should like to be getting the materials together.

Nor be such buggarddes to the poor, yff they may not beare the bagge alone.

Courage and coolness are great qualities in a gillie, and you do not really know your man till you have been with him in a storm. […] Most gillies have cool heads and hearts of oak. They must have these qualities; to be cool and courageous is part of their job.