Oh, it's a favourite of ours! Our dog Bell is actually (the Countess) Belvane, in fact. It was a toss-up between Belvane and Cyril from To Say Nothing of the Dog but once we saw her, she was pretty clearly a Belvane (not just because she's a bitch). We're always telling people about it, and very rarely meeting people who know it already.

I understood your happy sigh completely and am very annoyed I couldn't find our copy when I went looking last night, and again just now. Now I really want to quote that bit! Not in the local library system either. Promise I won't fight you for the 1917 hardcover available on Amazon Marketplace though. ;)