'"Modern complaints always end in itis," continued Mrs Gaythorne. "I disapprove of diseases that end in itis."
"Still, you must admit they might end in something worse," said Carr.
Mrs Gaythorne majestically ignored such ill-timed levity. "When I was young, the complaints that people suffered from did not end in itis, they ended in ache; and nobody talked about them."'
from In Subjection by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (Chapter VIII)
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