Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

... millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Sunday afternoon is for papers and writing.

Bootleggers quake in fear of me ringing them on a Sunday afternoon. I call after dinner, usually.

Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed.

There are a lot more TV sets in use on Monday night than on Sunday afternoon.