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  • Alexander Hanson brings out the posturing element in Chiltern's public virtue and his corresponding rage when his dark secret is revealed: there is real force in the scene where he turns on his over-idealising wife to announce that she has ruined him.

    An Ideal Husband - review Michael Billington 2010

  • He engaged me through Chiltern's - the domestic agency.

    Best Detective Stories Hare, Cyril, 1900-1958 1959

  • Chiltern's will answer for me, sir - they know me there, and always pleased to recommend me to the best houses.

    Best Detective Stories Hare, Cyril, 1900-1958 1959

  • We'll ask the Yard to send a man round to Chiltern's.

    Best Detective Stories Hare, Cyril, 1900-1958 1959

  • I only took it because it was all Chiltern's had to offer at the time, and the money was good.

    Best Detective Stories Hare, Cyril, 1900-1958 1959

  • Mrs. Kame's omissions were eloquent to the discerning: Chiltern's relatives had been mentioned with a casualness intended to imply that no breach existed, and the fiction that Honora could at any moment take up her former life delicately sustained.

    A Modern Chronicle — Volume 08 Winston Churchill 1909

  • Chiltern's family had at last agreed to accept the estate on the condition that the income mentioned should be tripled.

    A Modern Chronicle — Volume 08 Winston Churchill 1909

  • Chiltern's wife, entitled to his seat in the place of worship of his fathers?

    A Modern Chronicle — Volume 07 Winston Churchill 1909

  • After Chiltern's death she had sought a refuge, and she had found it here: a refuge in which she meant -- if her intention may be so definitely stated -- to pass the remainder of her days.

    A Modern Chronicle — Volume 08 Winston Churchill 1909

  • Chiltern's reputation, and the general knowledge of his career, had no doubt aided to increase this sympathy, but the dignity of her conduct since his death was at the foundation of it.

    A Modern Chronicle — Volume 08 Winston Churchill 1909

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