“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […] ”
Candidates and supporters are reminded to refrain from visiting their constituents or attending public events within their constituencies on Cooling-off Day and Polling day.
The others, whose time had been more actively employed, began to shew symptoms of innovation,—the good wine did its good office. The frost of etiquette, and pride of birth, began to give way before the genial blessings of this benign constellation, and the formal appellatives with which the three dignitaries had hitherto addressed each other, were now familiarly abbreviated into Tully, Bally, and Killie. ― Sir Walter Scott, Waverley, ch. xi.
If you are a Pottermaniac, this is the month for you. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opens today, and on July 21 the seventh and final Potter tome lands with a thud at your local bookstore.