gentle reader

The fact remains, gentle reader, that you have been busted.

Thus will you be trained as her gentle reader - never too sure of where you're going but nonetheless willing to go.

And so we are asking you, gentle readers, to do just that.

This is absolute gospel and my gentle readers may believe it.

I try not to promise too much in my posts, but today's your lucky day, gentle reader.

Over the next five minutes, gentle reader, we will draw a curtain with your kind permission.

Can we take a moment, gentle readers, to tip our hats to the audiences?

You and I, gentle reader, are accredited members of the guild.

And do not lie to yourself, Gentle Reader; you know him too.

This was of course an exaggeration, but not to so great an extent as my gentle reader may suppose.