Noel

Her acquaintances—from Noël Coward to Gary Cooper; from Maria Callas to Marilyn Monroe—spanned world wars and continents.

I take one of my mottoes from Noël Coward, who said that “work is more fun than fun.”

Noël Coward was born in Teddington, Middlesex, his father an unsuccessful piano salesman.

I made the roll countless times thereafter, and it was sometimes a stand-in for Bûche de Noël.

"There was a lot more—'lame' and 'dame' and 'name' and 'game' and things—and now I've forgotten it," Noël said, in gloom.

With thick smoke in his throat and the roar of flame in his ears, Pete Noël awoke, shaking as if in the grip of a nightmare.

Having made his proclamation in that look, Pete Noël lay down again and went to sleep.

As the full fury of the storm swooped upon him, enwrapping him, and clutching at his breath, for an instant Pete Noël quailed.

For perhaps half an hour this defiant and unvanquishable spirit kept Pete Noël going.