"Jane wondered whether a woman would do it better, and came to the conclusion that she would probably do it far more quickly and efficiently, but would also wreck herself in the process, and this Mr. Pattern was quite obviously, and perhaps rightly, determined not to do."
--- Jane Gresham,
Miss Bunting, Angela Thirkell, 1945
Also:
Cheerfulness Breaks In (Rec. #240)
Summer Half (Rec. #40)
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