Blatchley

It's her only truly private space; her husband, director Joseph Blatchley, isn't allowed in, although a jacket hand-embroidered with peacocks belonging to his great-great grandmother lives here because it is "the most beautiful thing".

A room of my own: Geraldine James 2011

As always, Blatchley had found the few and simple words to bid her worser angel forth.

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

"Oh, yes you will -- you always do," Blatchley maintained.

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

"Oh, yes you do," Blatchley returned as the old man started down the steps.

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

As Blatchley came up now and caught sight of the animals tethered at the fence he began irritably:

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

Yo 'Sam's son, but also yo' a Blatchley, and I reckon the Blatchley blood had to show up in ye.

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

How are Blatchley and Watts getting on with -- but there, I chose to walk just to get away from the cares of office; and here I am bringing them along with me.

A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day Helen M. Winslow

At any other time these pious sentiments would have brought a volley of laughter from Blatchley, but this evening Judith judged from the sounds that he clapped the fat man on the shoulder as he said heartily:

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

Blatchley rose and moved that the chairman of the board of aldermen be allowed to go ahead with all the city's business during the indefinite absence of the mayor, using his discretion therein.

A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day Helen M. Winslow

At first she shuddered, thinking that she had come upon the dead body; then she noted a tiny trail of smoke, and, by craning a little farther around, saw that Blatchley lay at ease with a pipe in his mouth, smoking.

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan