Really, I don’t know what the world is coming to if I am to be suspected of staring in at windows!
One or two of the villagers have seen it, too, though not as clearly as he did. Old Buttermere said it was a white *thing*, that glided over the ground, and vanished into the shrubbery.''And a very go...
One minute he stood transfixed, the next he uttered a crushing oath, and took a hasty stride forward. Mr Ringwood, recovering from his own stupefaction, closed with him, just as George, flushing vivid...
Of a certainty Madame has died, Leonie said wickedly. Tiens, c'est bien drole!
No one knows better than I how unworthy I am.'A sentimental sigh and an inarticulate murmur from Selina showed that this frank avowal had moved her profoundly. Upon Abby it had a different effect. 'Tr...
Mama –?’ ‘But of course! Outside, in my curricle.’ Then he saw that she had turned perfectly white, and said: ‘Don’t be such a goose-cap! You can’t suppose I would drive your mother-in-law thirty yard...
It was incomprehensible to her that anyone should be amused by such a circumstance, but both Gilly and Gideon plainly thought it excessively funny, so she smiled dutifully, realizing the truth of her...
If a man gives a party, he ought to know what kind of party it is,' argued the Viscount. 'If you don't know, how are we to know? It might be a damned soirée, in which case we wouldn't have come. Let's...
I shall write an ode! threatened Philip direfully.Ah no, that is too much! cried De Vangrisse with feeling.
I see now that there is a great deal in what Aunt Almeria says. She considers that there are terrible pitfalls in Society.Sir Richard shook his head sadly. Alas, too true!And vice, said Pen awfully. P...
I may have said that I wanted to have an adventure, replied Miss Thane. But I never said that I wanted to be murdered in my bed.
I just told them that dear Uncle Silas has gone away on a long journey, she said. They're such mites, you know, and I've never let them hear about Death, or have ugly toys or stories about ogres and t...
I don’t think I am green. It’s true I only know what I’ve read in books, but I’ve read a great many books
I do not like your name, sir, she answered.There was no thought of pleasing you when I was christened. he quoted lazily.
I didn’t smuggle the dog into the country; I merely caused him to be smuggled out of Baluchistan.
I didn’t make my face, so why shouldn’t I say it’s beautiful? Everyone else does!
I comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire - I admit, a natural one for the most part - to exterminate your fellows.
I always agree on trivial points,’ replied Francis. ‘It saves trouble.
How is this? she demanded I had thought a Marquis must always be acceptable!That, Miss Merriville, Depends on the Marquis!
How came you to tumble down the stairs as soon as my back was turned?' ... The Earl slipped his arm behind her, and raised the hand he was still holding to his lips ... Miss Morville, finding his shou...