"He's so wet you could shoot snipe off him," A Question of Upbringing, Chapter 1, p. 14.

"'I admit the accommodation was a bit on the squalid side,' said Templer. 'You can't have everything for a quid.'" A Question of Upbringing, Chapter 1, p. 33.

"Clearly some complicated process of sorting-out was in progress among those who surrounded me: though only years later did I become aware how early such voluntary segregations begin to develop; and of how they continue throughout life." A Question of Upbringing, Chapter 3, p. 69.

"This favorable opinion came as a something of a surprise to me; because I was accustomed to hear older persons speak of Peter in terms that almost always suggested improvement was absolutely necessary, if he were to come to any good in life at all." A Question of Upbringing, Chapter 2, p. 102.

"Several pillows and bolsters covered with the Union Jack gave a...