" Tim wants to know what on earth it is all about and why on earth Grace has come all the way to Westburgh to tell me she is going to have a baby, when a letter would have done equally well. Fortunately, Grace is staying in bed for breakfast, so Tim’s indignation can be worked off thoroughly before he meets his guest. Tim goes on to say Grace is neurotic that’s what it is, and it will be a good thing for her to have children. Women with children have no time to be neurotic – Tim hopes that Grace will have twins. "

― D.E. Stevenson , Mrs. Tim Christie