"... the odd thing about Mrs. Johnson was that she smoked but the ashtrays around her never had cigarette ashes or butts in them!!"
"... the odd thing about Maggie was that Liz had hired her as governess even though Maggie had absolutely no training or qualifications for teaching!!"
"... the odd thing about Barnabas was that he always seemed to be involving himself in everyone's business even though no one ever once gave him permission to do so!!"
