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  • Lady Bellwether was a past mistress in the art of restraining her compliments just one step short of libel (and what's more, could do it just as well in French). -- ''Yashima, or, The Gorgeous West'' by R T Sherwood, 1931.

    December 24, 2008

  • See also past master.

    December 24, 2008