Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.
Rich women live at such a distance from life that very often they never see their money – the Queen, they say, for instance, never carries a purse.
Their hands, swinging, touched lightly now and then; their nearness was as natural as the June day.
A smell of sandalwood boxes, a kind of glaze on the air from all the chintzes numbed his earthy vitality, he became all ribs and uniform.