# Quote — Evelyn Waugh, A Handful of Dust

> "Was anyone hurt?"
>
> "No one I am thankful to say," said Mrs. Beaver, "except two housemaids who lost their heads and jumped through a glass roof into the paved court."

- Author: [Evelyn Waugh](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-waugh.md)
- Book: [A Handful of Dust](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-waugh/a-handful-of-dust.md)
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