# Quote — Evelyn Waugh, Put Out More Flags

> So the two of them went to London by the early morning train. 'Let's surprise her,' said Nigel, but Cedric telephoned first, wryly remembering the story of the pedantic adulterer - 'My dear, it is I who am surprised; you are astounded.'

- Author: [Evelyn Waugh](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-waugh.md)
- Book: [Put Out More Flags](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-waugh/put-out-more-flags.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-waugh/put-out-more-flags/so-the-two

## More from this book

> The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-waugh/put-out-more-flags/the-human-mind.md)

> It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-waugh/put-out-more-flags/it-is-a-curious.md)