I'd crylike a rain-water spout in a shower on such good terms.
( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I AM rather wet,' said Bob, giving himself a shake and casting a littlehydraulic shower around, like a Newfoundland dog just emerged from thewater.
It's supposed to be what stage-struck young women want, isn't it--to act the beautiful young heroineand marry the beautiful young hero in a shower of bouquets and cheersfrom the gallery? Women of my age naturally have to fall back on actingrespectable matrons, and I was careful to confine myself to that.