Ten or twelve couples? No, no, Dassett would not be talking of red carpets and awnings for such a paltry affair as that!’ said his lordship. These ominous words struck a chill into his wife’s soul.
The Viscount stepped into the room. Came to see if you was dead, he said. Laid Pom odds you weren't.Lethbridge passed his hand across his eyes. I'm not, he replied in a faint voice.No. I'm sorry, said...
The thought of his high and imposing father’s regal progress to Harrowgate, and his very brief stay there, made Desford begin to chuckle again. He must remember, he told himself, to ask Poor Dear Papa...
They used to say of me that I'd as many lucky escapes as Harry Smith!''Shouldn't be at all surprised: I've seen one of 'em myself,' Brough said cryptically.
To listen to a poet arguing with himself – for she could scarcely have been said to have borne any part in the discussion – on the merits of blank verse as a dramatic medium was naturally a privilege...
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Well, if you sat eating as though nothing mattered save your dinner I’m not surprised, said Julianaviciously. If I were not so angry with her, the deceitful, sly wretch, I could pity her for all she m...
What, sir, would you think of a member of the Weaker Sex who assumed the guise of a man, and left the home of her natural protector by way of the window?I should assume, replied Sir Richard, that she...
Why, her father would turn in his grave--well, as a matter of fact, he was cremated, but what I mean is, if he hadn't been he would have. [Ermyntrude]
With Philip's departure had come a void which only could be filled by Philip's return.
Yes, love, responded his sister cheerfully, but it wasn't of the least consequence, and in any event I answered for you. You would be astonished, I daresay, if you knew what interesting conversations...
You can't go about smelling of April and May, the pair of you, and then expect to gull people into thinking you don't mean to get riveted!
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. Daresay it ain’t any use telli...
You must never marry. Don’t, I do earnestly beg of you, allow yourself to be taken in by any lure thrown out to you! You cannot hope to find a lady who will like you better than you like yourself.
You think I’ve got brains?’ he said, awed. ‘Not confusing me with Charlie?’‘Charlie?’ uttered Miss Charing contemptuously. ‘I daresay he has book-learning, but you have—you have address, Freddy!’‘Well...
You will allow that one's curiosity must be aroused when one learns that a lady is prepared to elope to escape from advances one had not the least intention of making!
Do hope he didn’t bite anyone? He isn’t savage, but if he thought anyone was trying to steal him –’ ‘Ah, so that was it!’ said his lordship. ‘He was labouring under a delusion, but I daresay that was...
He disclosed that he had been set upon by two Bedlamites, both of whom had jumped out from behind a bush, roaring at him like a couple of ferocious wild beasts ... The Sergeant cast a doubtful glance...
Nothing makes one so cross as knowing one is in the wrong, does it?
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...
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