Peace, Perfect Peace

'Now we're nice and cosy', he said contentedly. 'What a relief it always is when the butler pops off. It makes you realize the full meaning of that beautiful line in the hymn book – "Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away". Not that I actually love Coggs. A distant affection, rather, tempered with awe. Well, Pongo, I'm extraordinarily glad you blew in. I was wanting a quiet chat with you about plans and what not.'

Uncle Dynamite. Chapter 2

With the substantial start he had had, Chimp, they both felt, must by now have joined the ranks of those loved ones far away of whom the hymnal speaks.

Ice in the Bedroom

How right, he felt, the author of the well-known hymn had been in saying that peace, perfect peace is to be attained only when loved ones are far away.

Service with a Smile. Chapter 2

I had looked on Maiden Eggesford as somewhere where I would be free from all human society, a haven where I would have peace perfect peace with loved ones far away, as the hymnbook says, and it was turning out to be a sort of meeting place of the nations.

Aunts Aren't Gentlemen. Chapter 6