Cold hands and feet plague him, cold feet psychically as well as physically, for a chronic and obsessive indecision is one of his most prominent complaints.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.
She had been considering the question of age, she informed Mr. Twist, from every aspect before coming to the interview, for she didn't want to make a mistake herself nor allow the Miss Twinklers to make a mistake; and she had arrived at the conclusion that what with her hair being too old and the rest of her being too young, taken altogether she struck an absolute average and perfectly fulfilled the condition required; and as she wished to live in the country, town life disturbing her psychically too much, she was willing to give up her home and her circle-it was a real sacrifice-and accept the position offered by the Miss Twinklers.
"Christopher and Columbus"
Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim
She had also all her life been intensely patriotic, and Mr. Twist, she feared, didn't look at patriotism with quite her single eye- "Mrs. Bilton-" As her eye saw it, patriotism was among other things a determination to resist the encroachments of foreigners- "Mrs. Bilton-" She had no wish to judge him, but she had still less wish to be mixed up with foreigners, and foreigners for her at that moment meant Germans- "Mrs. Bilton-" She regretted, but psychically she would never be able to flourish in a soil so largely composed, as the soil of The Open Arms appeared to be, of that nationality- "Mrs. Bilton-" And though it was none of her business, still she must say it did seem to her a pity that Mr. Twist with his well-known and respected American name should be mixed up- "Mrs. Bilton-" And though she had no wish to be inquisitive, still she must say it did seem to her peculiar that Mr. Twist should be the guardian of two girls who, it was clear from what she had overheard that afternoon, were German- Here Mr. Twist raised his voice and shouted.
"Christopher and Columbus"
Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim
