The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope Quotes

“I regard one's hair as I regard husbands: as long as one is seen together in public one's private divergences don't matter.”
― Saki, The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope

“I wonder why it is that scandal seems so much worse under a roof," observed Clovis; "I've always regarded it as a proof of the superior delicacy of the cat tribe that it conducts most of its scandals above the slates.”
― Saki, The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope