She could only marvel at him. She had never possessed the key to his mind, and what circumstance it was that made him now so calmly confident was beyond her power to fathom. She did not believe him to...
Do let me assure you that if ever Endymion should ask me to give a ball in his honour I shall take steps to have him placed under restraint!
She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains.
Sophy, strongly practical, could not feel that Mr. Fawnhope would make a satisfactory husband, for he lacked visible means of support, and was apt, when under the influence of his Muse, to forget such...
Don't worry. Chivalry has practically no appeal for me whatsoever. -- Neville Fletcher
Nothing doing. I've no doubt you think I should look noble as a sacrifice. But I've never wanted to look noble, and I won't be made to. -- Neville Fletcher
That Fish of yours is queer in her attic.''Freddy, she is not!'Must be. Dash it, wouldn't write to you about Henry VIII if she wasn't! Stands to reason.
Charles' driving, skilful though it might be, kept his passengers in a constant state of breathlessness.
It seemed to Kitty a pity that her new friend’s mind was set so irrevocably upon marriage, but her suggestion that Olivia might seek an eligible situation as a governess met with no favour at all. Oli...
I shall be much obliged to you, cousin, if you will refrain from telling my sisters that she has a face like a horse!’‘But, Charles, no blame attaches to Miss Wraxton! She cannot help it, and that, I...
No one had ever looked at her just like that before, and it had the effect upon her of making her feel, for perhaps the first time in her life, a strong desire to lay the burden of her cares upon othe...
Their fond Uncle Martin looked anything but gratified, but managed to control his feelings until he found himself out of earshot of his sister. He then declared that if Louisa imagined that he meant t...
Were you locked in your room? enquired Sir Richard.Oh no! I daresay I should have been if Aunt had guessed what I meant to do, but she would never think of such a thing.Then--forgive my curiosity!--wh...
This, said Damerel wrathfully, is the second time you have walked in just as I am about to propose to your sister!
Ferdy choked.It took a great deal of back-slapping to restore him, and when he was at last able to catch his breath again, his eyes were watering and his countenance was alarmingly flushed.'Well, what...
Believe me, it is quite unnecessary! I neither know nor care what it cost to redeem Lufra—and if you badger me on this very boring matter I shall not invite you to go with me when I try out my new tea...
Mrs Grayshott was no tattle-monger; and since she had a great deal of reserve Abby knew that only a stringent sense of duty could have forced her to overcome her distaste of talebearing. What she knew...
A man who would contract the mumps,’ declared Cecilia, ‘would do anything!’ Lady Ombersley saw nothing unreasonable in this pronouncement, nor was she surprised that his lordship’s unromantic behaviou...
I never drive when I can ride, said his lordship indifferently.I make no doubt at all that had I been Mary Challoner you would have been glad enough to haveborne me company!The Marquis was snuffing on...
As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.
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