But the house is a fine old place, and stands at a great height among the hills, and most salubriously; and I had no sooner heard my friend's tale, than I remembered you.

The climate here is so salubriously like an eternal springtime that the roses bloom abundantly the year around, right through these months (it is December as we write) which according to the calendar should be midwinter.

"Quills" is Philip Kaufman's antic, salubriously salacious movie about the last days of the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush), the maestro of deviancy who became synonymous with performing and writing about a sexual cruelty so extreme it can shock even our permissive age.