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The house was no longer hers entirely, she sighed. It belonged to time now; to history; was past the touch and control of the living

The true length of a person’s life, whatever the Dictionary of National Biography may say, is always a matter of dispute.

Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than merely to keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world’s view of us.

“Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces.”