Lady Marchmont was an object of her especial dislike; she feared her wit, and could not forgive her youth and beauty. Moreover, there was an interest in anyon dit about one so much the rage; her looks, laces, and sayings, were equally invaluable as matters of gossip.
Though he is too modest to admit it, Lord Doak gives a cachet to our smart quartier such as it has not received since the ever-memorable visit of the Earl of Sittingbourne. Not only is he of the British peerage, but he is also,on dit, a leader of the British metal industries.
2015 July 3, Gaby Wood, “Harper Lee: The inside story of the greatest comeback in literature [print version: The curious case of Harper Lee, 4 July 2015, p. 6]”, inThe Daily Telegraph (Review)[1], archived fromthe original on7 July 2015:
The ‘on dit’ atLippincott was that she [authorHarper Lee] only had one book in her[…]
