Friday, 29 November 2013

Always the way with neighbours

The little joke about neighbours related by Chris Gittins in a comment yesterday reminded me of a line from Arnold Bennett – a subtle and neglected author -

‘We thought you'd forgotten us,’ said Mr. Orgreave. ‘But that's always the way with neighbours.’ (Clayhanger, ch17, s5)

 

29 Nov 2013 00:44:00 | Neighbourhood relations

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