Helen Mathers > Quotes

“The gossip of the smoking room, the little tattle of the the clubs, penetrate, as a fine drizzling rain penetrates one's clothing, into the consciousness of most men.”
― Helen Mathers, The Fate of Fenella

“It is curious that a man's sense of humour is usually entirely in abeyance when matters of stern import engross him, while a woman's is usually at its keenest when tragedy is in the air.”
― Helen Mathers, The Fate of Fenella