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...
She accepted the tea he had brought, with a word of thanks and a charming smile, but could not resist the impulse to ask him if he was not ravished by Neroli’s voice. He replied promptly: ‘Not entirel...
Read that! commanded madame dramatically, and handed her a crumpled sheet of paper.It contained a brief message in Juliana’s sprawling characters: My dear Tante, pray do not be in ataking, but I have...
Positively you overwhelm me!’ my lord said. ‘You oppress me with kindness, sir
Nevertheless, she did not weep, because, for one thing, it would have made her eyes red, and another, it would be of very little use.
Mrs Hendred was a very pretty woman of great good-nature and much less than commonsense.
Mr. Beaumaris, who had picked Ulysses up, paid no heed to all these attempts at self-justification, but addressed himself to his adorer. What a fool you are! he observed. No, I have the greatest disli...
Morals and medicine warred within his breast, and medicine won the day- but I dare say morals may give him a sleepless night.
Let me tell you, my girl, that I'm swallowing no more of your insults! And if I hear another word from you in disparagement of the Corinthian set it will be very much the worse for you!
Lady Cinderford,’ said the Dowager, referring to her widowed sister-in-law in accents of loathing, ‘will act as hostess at Stanyon over my dead body!’ ‘That would be something quite out of the ordinar...
If I were a man I would kill you!If you were a man we wouldn't be having this conversation!
I'm really not quite as frippery a fellow as you seem to think! I own that in my grasstime I committed a great many follies and extravagances, but, believe me, I've long since out-grown them! I don't...
I'll see the color of your money, my lord.My lord folded the paper. He was still smiling. It would disappoint you, my friend. It is just the same colour as everyone else's.
I think the hardest thing of all is to be wise in our dealings with the people we love,’ he said. ‘I know I have found it so.
I must have forgotten the outcome of your previous encounter!’ Sir James continued to smile, with that air of patronage which made Adrian long to hit him. ‘But he matches his grays against a very diff...
I like very few people nowadays; in fact, the number of persons whom I cordially dislike increases almost hourly.
I don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not.
He didn't choose between me and you, Julia: it was between me and ruin.
Good God, the fellow's a dead bore!' 'He is, of course, but there's no saying he wouldn't be a good husband, for he is very kind, and honourable and -- and respectable, which I believe are excellent q...
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...