Your strength lies in being precisely the kind of man who can procure one a chair when it has come on to rain.
You were not acquainted with my father, Mr Morville. I have often been sorry that you were not, for you would have been excessively pleased with one another. My father was a great reader, though not,...
You have no knowledge of me. You are to be pitied.''Envied, more like,' said his undutiful son.
You asked me for a rhyme, De Vangrisse reminded him.So I did! A rhyme for tout and fou, and you gave me chou!Whereupon you threw your wig at me, and I fled.
Yes, Nicky, but you think I know everything because I never tell you anything I am not quite certain of
When I wasn’t trying to swallow something that no one is ever going to make me believe wasn’t drained off from the kennels, I was sitting watching your aunt knot a fringe in the most uncomfortable hol...
What I mean is, like you to have everything you want. Wished it was me, that's all
Well, it was sufficient to explain it all to me,’ Carlyon admitted. ‘Once a performing bear had entered Nicky’s orbit the rest was inevitable.
Well, I can understand that that must be very comfortable, for if you don't care for anybody or anything you can't be cast into dejection, or become sick with apprehension, or even get into high fidge...
Upon Mrs Scorton's reappearance, she found herself confronted, not by the fool of his family, but by the Honourable Frederick Standen, a Pink of the Pinks, who knew to a nicety how to blend courtesy w...
Too bad, wasn't it?' Damerel said. 'Instead of dying heroically for love I was left disconsolate - though not, I must admit, for long!'She raised her eyes at that, and said warmly: 'I am excessively g...
This embittered thought brought to her mind the several occasions upon which she might, had she been the kind of female his lordship no doubt admired, have kindled his ardour by a display of sensibili...
The truth is that I told Lucius Kennet and Silas to kidnap you for me, but I thought they could do it without using any horrid stratagems! That was fair enough! There could be no possible objection, f...
The thought flashed into her mind that she beheld the embodiment of her ideal. It was as instantly banished;
The sight which met her eyes held her frozen on the threshold, and the thought flashed across her mind that she knew now how it felt to die
That sort of thing always leads to trouble! It is all kindness, and I am sure I am quite as sorry for Miss Broughty as anyone, but one cannot make a friend of everybody in distressing circumstances!
Taken thus by surprise, it was several moments before she was able to decide whether to make herself known to him, or to await a formal introduction. The strict propriety in which she had been reared...
Surprise is the essence of attack!
Sir William was also startled, but when Vicky smiled at him, rather in the manner of an engaging street-urchin, his countenance relaxed slightly, and he asked her what she was doing with herself now t...
Sir Richard sighed. Rid yourself of the notion that I cherish any villainous designs upon your person, he said. I imagine I might well be your father. How old are you?I am turned seventeen.Well, I am...