#miss buncle married

[wordwhile]

People are so funny, aren't they? I mean they're so interesting - and all so different. They're all so busy living their own lives (if you know what I mean) and they're all so certain that they're frightfully important.

D.E. Stevenson, Miss Buncle Married

[wordwhile]

In a new friend we start life anew, for we create a new edition of ourselves and so become, for the time being, a new creature.

D.E. Stevenson, Miss Buncle Married

[wordwhile]

. . . we always admire in others the qualities and attributes which we lack ourselves.

D.E. Stevenson, Miss Buncle Married

[teabooksandsweets]

It’s so cute that Arthur is so excited about Barbara’s good digestion. I mean, such a large portion of his thoughts is “Barbara is so amazing. I love how she can eat absolutely anything. My digestion isn’t nearly as good, but my awesome wife can eat so many buttered crumpets!!! And she has beautiful teeth. They are real. And she’s either very smart or absolutely not, but I love her either way. And her digestion is so good!!!” And I honestly think that’s adorable.

[teabooksandsweets]

I got Miss Buncle Married today, and almost immediately started reading it, and I adore it. It’s just as fun as Miss Buncle’s Book, and I really like reading about her married life. These books are so cute and so witty.

[sunshineandsuperheroes]

It took a long time, and a great deal of energy, and when Mr. Abbott finally ended his tirade he was quite breathless, and somewhat ashamed. The outburst had done him good, and he began to realize that it was not Arthur Abbott who had been speaking--not Arthur Abbott at all. It was some other Being, a suffering Being, an illogical, unreasonable, irritable Being, who had usurped Arthur Abbott's body and had ridden it all day long. This Being had behaved quite extraordinarily badly all day long; had been rude to Mr. Abbott's secretary (a most estimable and quite invaluable young woman); had quarreled senselessly with Mr. Abbott's partner; and now, to crown everything, was bullying Mr. Abbott's wife.

Miss Buncle Married, by D. E. Stevenson