Oh, 'tis not my qualities they object to! 'Tis my lack of vice.
Now, do listen, Deb! Seven hundred pounds for the bays and a new barouche! Well I can't think where the money is to come from. It seems a monstrous price.''We might let the bays go, and hire a pair of...
No, no, Kit, don’t cry!’ begged Freddy, putting his arm round her. ‘Can’t bear you not to be happy! I won’t say another word. Never thought there was any hope for me. Just wanted to tell you.
Next you will say that you don’t intend to have more than one house in the country!’ ‘Nay, I shan’t say that! I want one in Leicestershire.’ ‘Oh, in that case there’s no more to be said, for I’ve set...
My Lord Rupert, who had been listening in rapt admiration to this speech, said in what he imagined to be a whisper: ‘Wonderful, ain’t it, Léonie? Never heard aught to equal it. The boy always talks li...
Miss Thane turned her head to look up at Sir Tristram. ‘I wish you will tell me what you did,’ she said. ‘You were not on the Brighton mail, were you? Is it possible that you rode here ?’ ‘No,’ replie...
Miss Darracott, an intelligent girl, now perceived that in harboring for as much as an instant the notion of marrying a man who fell so lamentably short of the ideal lover she was an irreclaimable nin...
Meg, as good-natured as her mother and brother, would have been amiable to anyone for whom her kindness had been solicited. Had she found herself confronted by a dazzling blonde she would not have spu...
Léonie, you will do well to consider. You are not the first woman in my life.She smiled through her tears. Monseigneur, I would so much rather be the last woman than the first, she said.
Lady Theresa prophesied disaster for all concerned, and hoped that when Serena was dying an old maid she would remember these words, and be sorry. Meanwhile she remained her affectionate aunt.
Just because I cut a lark with that stiff-rumped Exciseman you seem to think I'm as good as rope-ripe!
Julia stood for his youth, and the high hopes he had cherished; and although he might no longer yearn to possess her she would remain nostalgically dear to him while life endured. Yet,
It might have been supposed that Freddy, whose intellect was not of the first order, would have found it impossible to grasp the gist of an extremely tangled and discursive story, but once more the po...
It is a long time now since I have been able to look at you without thinking how very beautiful you are,’ said Sir Tristram simply. ‘Oh!’ said Miss Thane, blushing, ‘you forget yourself! Do pray, reco...
If someone would have the goodness to inform me whether I am assisting at a tragedy or a farce I should be grateful,
I see, agreed Rule. You are going to be the Sacrifice.She looked up at him rather shyly. It c-can't signify to you, can it? Except that I know I'm not a Beauty, like L-Lizzie. But I have got the Nose,...
I have yet to learn that a governess’s life is adventurous!’ he said. ‘I should be grateful to you if you would tell me the truth!’ ‘Come, come, sir!’ said Miss Thane pityingly, ‘it must surely be wit...
I find it a marvellous circumstance, cousin, that no one has yet strangled you!
I contrive,’ said Prudence softly. ‘Do you know, sir, you puzzle me.’ ‘It has ever been my motto,’ the old gentleman pointed out triumphantly.
I believe I have several times requested you not to call Rupert 'imbecile', infant.But Monseigheur, he is an imbecile! she protested. You know he is!Undoubtedly, ma fille, but I do not tell the whole...