"Cornelia departed. Her mother said: 'My dear Marie, I'm really most grateful to you! You know I think Cornelia suffers a lot from not being a social success. It makes her feel kind of mortified. If I could afford to take her to places - but you know how it's been since Ned died."
Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Con't complain." - Maya Angelou
Word of the day:
Baleful - (adjective) full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious. Obsolete. Wretched; miserable.
* A few looked up to shoot quick baleful glances at Padillo.
Ross Thomas, Twilight at Mac's Place, 1990
* Even the figures of the baleful group were there, though dimly seen as through a veil - a shadowy veil.
Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm, 1911
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