"Like all really strong-minded women, on whom everybody flops, she adored being bossed about. It was so restful."

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You have the most revolting Florence Nightingale complex,' said Mrs. Smiling. It is not that at all, and well you know it. On the whole, I dislike my fellow beings; I find them so difficult to understand. But I have a tidy mind and untidy lives irritate me. Also, they are uncivilized.

— Stella Gibbons