You must not imagine that Papa or I have the least notion of compelling you to marry anyone whom you hold in aversion, for I am sure that such a thing would be quite shocking! And Charles would not do...
Artemis let her head fall back, her eyes closed, her lips suddenly trembling. Apollo dying. Please. Please, Maximus. I’ll refrain from provoking you anymore. I’ll stay in the shadows with my stockings...
So my own sister will not promote me? Speaking of which, weren't you supposed to find me a beautiful future wife with a small fortune? Have you had any success on that front?- Yes - I have warned them...
You’ve no more for me than I have for you.Considerably disconcerted by this direct attack, she stammered: How can you say so? When I am sure I have always been most sincerely attached to you!You decei...
She ordered a martini and encouraged me to, but said she couldn't drink it with her medication. She just liked seeing it in front of her, like the old days, all set to do its little magic.
It's true that, as my brother grew larger, he also grew dangerous, same as my sister. But they're still ours and we want them back. They're needed here at home.
You need not think that because we chanced to be born of the same parents, I shall suffer you to fasten me down by even the feeblest claim: I can tell you this - if the whole human race, ourselves exc...
People talk about the happy quiet that can exist between two loves, but this, too, was great; sitting between his sister and his brother, saying nothing, eating. Before the world existed, before it wa...