" Well, " said her daddy, "your careless heedlessness has almost lost me my life. I am now going to give you a spanking." And he did and so dinner was a snuffling red-eyed meal filled with cold looks and long silences and the cheese souffle, which was delicious. "
― Betty MacDonald , Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #2)