Monday, September 29, 2014

Commonplace Book

'"Odo!"

"Well?"

"How would you define a prig?"

"A prig," said Odo vaguely, "is a fellow who wants kicking."

"What for?"

"For being a prig."

"It seems useless to ask a boy for explanations," said Rosaleen with dignity.'

from The Man from America by Mrs Henry de la Pasture (Chapter VIII)

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