How could you receive a member of the Male Sex in your bedroom, and in your dressing gown?Sir, I must request you to leave immediately!You don't mean to tell me that's a dressing gown? interrupted Mr...
Entertaining females with accounts of jug-bitten maunderings is one of my favourite pastimes.
Do you know, it has of late become an ambition of mine to hear my name on your lips instead of my title
But where is my son? Where is the beautiful Miss Merriot?
But that’s what he did, and if he has made up his mind to be idiotishly noble – Yes, it is going to be very difficult. I must think!
Bustle about Noddy, or we shant be in time to snabble any of the lobster patties.
And everything – but everything! – we did was quite useless!’ said Eustacie, quite disgusted. ‘I know,’ said Miss Thane, sadly shaking her head. ‘It does not bear thinking of.’ ‘I do not know why you...
After eyeing her for a moment or two, he said: ‘If you let this chance of achieving a respectable alliance slip, you are a bigger fool than I take you for, Hester!’ Her eyes came round to his face, a...
A jaw like a mastiff's, a frame like a giant's, eyes like two daggers, a smile like a tiger's snarl,Bernard murmured.Aye, he is all that!! Master Herbert said.A murrain be on him! And when I came to h...
I'll tell you something else too; by the time we're through we shall have had all we can stand of this North woman. I wouldn't mind betting she thinks we have nothing better to do than run around in c...
Gentlemen don't understand anything, however wise they may be.
May I have a workshop at Alver? For experiments? If I promise faithfully not to blow the house up? If you please, Cousin Alverstoke … ?
It is so stupid to say, as Edward does, that Aubrey ought to like what he detests, because other boys do. Aubrey is himself, and no one can alter him, so what is the use of saying he ought, when he wo...
Is my very ardent desire to be permitted to pay my addresses to you
He never allowed himself to think about unpleasant things, which answered very well, and could be supported in times of really inescapable stress by his genius for persuading himself that any disagree...
Finding that she was determined to get to the bottom of what seemed to him a very trivial affair, extricated himself without hesitation or compunction by advising her to apply to Vincent for informati...
[Inspector Harding] ...To start with, I know that the General didn't get on with his son, but seemed to prefer his nephew; I know that he disapproved violently of Miss de Silva, and behaved towards he...
You’ve never been in a scrape yet but what it came about by accident. The thing is, no one else has these accidents.
You see, I am not pretty, not in the least, never was, and so I have to be odd. Nothing for it! It answers delightfully.
You need have no fear. But were I to meet you, sir, you would lie dead at my feet within the space of five minutes. Possibly less. I do not know. He appeared to give the matter his consideration.