The final sentence is: "Her heart swelled with gratitude at the thought of her kind husband, her splendid children, and the wonderful holiday they had all had together".
"Check", said the splendid youngster.
They have worked on four big shows, three of them at the National: Pillars of the Community, Saint Joan and now, in collaboration with co-director Tom Morris, are working on an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's splendid novel for children, War Horse Elliott refuses to say which show it was, but she describes a night after a first preview.
Prince Charles described the news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were expecting another child as "splendid".
Writing for children is splendid, but they will eventually grow up; things will, and should, move on.
It is easy to notice the linguistic quaintness of his children - "Perfectly splendid", "O Lor!", "Rather!", "You're a brick" - while missing how he lets us hear in their speech the weaknesses that they have to conquer: envy or pride or resentment.
The children are generally splendid - and we can hardly blame the writers, because the same children will probably see the letter - and none of them seems to have problems with drugs or even binge drinking.
With Sendak's book in hand, this is a splendid way to introduce your child to the joys of opera.
FROM an advertiser's viewpoint, children are a splendid audience.
Soon the two of them were laughing like children in a splendid meadow on a spring day.
