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Retiring to the garden

Something a middle class English woman will say when about to go to the garden to smoke a cigarette.
M: Jimmy, darling, I'm retiring to the garden for a moment. Will you be joining me?

J: That would be marvelous, mother! Shall I put the kettle on?
by Flokiko August 4, 2020
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