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Until the season of mourning is past, the usual Thursday evening receptions at Rossmore Towers will be discontinued. Lady Rossmore's comment-to herself: "Receptions! People who don't rightly know him may think he is commonplace, but to my mind he is one of the most unusual men I ever saw. As for suddenness and capacity in imagining things, his beat don't exist, I reckon.
Mark Twain - The American Claimant

Uncle Dave Hopkins used to always say, 'Turn me into John Calvin, and I want to know which place I'm going to; turn me into Mulberry Sellers and I don't care." The rightful earl's comment-to himself: "It's a beautiful name, beautiful. Pity I didn't think of it before I wrote the usurper. But I'll be ready for him when he answers." No answer to that telegram; no arriving daughter.
Mark Twain - The American Claimant
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