Daily Pym

‘Oh, this is a most reputable and old-established business,’ said Mr Bason. ‘They tell me that Queen Mary often used to pop in — in the old days, of course.’ 

‘That does sound reassuring,’ I said. ‘Any connection with royalty is that, don’t you think?’

‘With our royal family certainly,’ Mr Bason agreed, ‘though some one could mention wouldn’t inspire quite the same confidence.’

— A Glass of Blessings, chapter twenty one