Chapman 47-48 Quotes

“Well, George Buchanan was a bit of a romancer, there's no denying; he gave Scotland the credit of being a nation long after we ceased to be one... who are we to mock George Buchanan?”
― Ann Scott-Moncrieff, Chapman 47-48: Tom Scott / Ann Scott-Moncrieff

“Willy - red and shining, his spectacles bemisted, voice glutinous, alcohol sweating from every pore - had sung what he called an old English madrigal in his harsh, thick Scots; at the end he had walloped down, like a porpoise stranded by the tide, on the sofa where Mary sat, and given her a succulent porpoiseful kiss on the nape of the neck. It had been a good turn and everybody had laughed.”
― Ann Scott-Moncrieff, Chapman 47-48: Tom Scott / Ann Scott-Moncrieff