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!
You have had Ravenscar murdered, and hidden his body in my cellar! uttered her ladyship, sinking into a chair. We shall all be ruined! I knew it!My dear ma'am it is no such thing! Deborah said amused....
You don't feel you could marry me instead? Got no brains, of course, and I ain't a handsome fellow, like Jack, but I love you. Don't think I could ever love anyone else.
With the aid of the baluster-rail and Mr Goring's stalwart arm she arrived, panting but triumphant, on the first floor, and paused to take breath. Observing that Lybster was about to throw open the do...
What is your name?Again sir, that is no concern of yours.A mystery, he said. I shall have to call you Clorinda......Judith! What the devil? exclaimed Peregrine. Has there been an accident?Judith, repe...
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...
That Hugh’s presence within walking distance of Biddenden Manor might not be conducive either to his happiness or to his self-esteem he did not allow to weigh with him, for he was a man with a strong...
O God, Mama, I’ve made such a mull of it! What am I to do?
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
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...
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...
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...
I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.
Good God, my love, what is amiss?’ ‘That man!’ choked Miss Grantham. ‘That devil!’ ‘Oh, heavens, you have quarrelled with Ravenscar again!’ cried her ladyship. ‘Don’t tell me you have had him put in t...
But if I find this Marquis don’t know the difference between master and tyrant, not one penny will I settle on Emma, and we’ll see what he and Sukey have to say to that!’ ‘I’m afraid, ma’am, that Emil...
Skimble-skamble
Your presence in England is extremely – shall we say enlivening? – Vidal. But I believe I shall survive the loss of it.
Who are you? Or should I first present myself to you? I’m Damerel, you know.’ ‘Yes, so I supposed, at the outset of our delightful acquaintance. Later, of course, I was sure of it.’ ‘Oh, oh – ! My rep...
Well, have you a tongue in your head?’ ‘I have,’ responded Hugo, ‘but I was never one to give my head for washing.’ ‘You’re not such a fool as you look,’ commented his lordship.