““I try to explain that I don’t know them very well, but Mr. Baker does not listen. ‘Very nice friends to have, Mrs. Christie, especially the lady. She’s always saying how sorry she is at you leaving Kiltwinkle. It must be a bit trying for a lady like you not to have a settled home of your own, isn’t it now?’ This statement is often made to me, and it always annoys me, chiefly, I think, because it is true. But some time ago I found a quotation which seemed to meet the case, and I always make use of it on these occasions. ‘ “To a resolved mind his home is everywhere,”’ I reply sententiously.””
