Our Dourest Parsons, Who Followed The Nonconformist

Many A Man Is Praised For His Reserve And So-called Shyness When He Is Simply Too Proud To Risk Making A Fool Of Himself.

Our Trouble Is That We Drink Too Much Tea. I See In This The Slow Revenge Of The Orient, Which Has Diverted The Yellow River Down Our Throats.

The Most Lasting Reputation I Have Is For An Almost Ferocious Aggressiveness, When In Fact I Am Amiable, Indulgent, Affectionate, Shy And Rather Timid At Heart.

I Have Always Been A Grumbler. I Am Designed For The Part - Sagging Face, Weighty Underlip, Rumbling, Resonant Voice. Money Couldn't Buy A Better Grumbling Outfit.

It Had The Old Double Keyboard, An Entirely Different Set Of Keys For Capitals And Figures, So That The Paper Seemed A Long Way Off, And The Machine Was As Big And Solid As A Battle Cruiser. Typing Was Then A Muscular Activity. You Could Ache After It. If You Were Not Familiar With Those Vast Keyboards, Your Hand Wandered Over Them Like A Child Lost In A Wood. The Noise Might Have Been That Of A Shipyard On The Clyde. You Would No More Have Thought Of Carrying One Of Those Grim Structures As You Would Have Thought Of Travelling With A Piano.