Ballet Shoes for Anna (Essential Modern Classics)

I can see you have suffered. Tell me about it. Every small thing, it is much better not to shut things away inside, keep them outside where you can see them

It’s vandalism. An Englishman’s home should be his castle.

Would you two boys come and hand round the plates?

Gussie clean forgot what had been decided in the bedroom.

Francesco slicked it down with a wet comb which was unbecoming but effective.

To add to the tidy washed look Francesco felt was expected of them he tried to do something with Gussie’s hair. They all had thick dark hair but Gussie’s had a slight curl in his which made it stand up. Francesco, much to Gussie’s annoyance, took a wet comb to it.

You’re on a difficult wicket there

were lost in an earthquake they were like something on the telly.

They were connoisseurs of markets of every description; they thought very poorly of this one.

To the children, used to roaming where they would, this presented no difficulties.