Quotes By Author: Georgette Heyer
“It is possible,” said Miss Marling stiffly, “that Frederick and not Mary will have the ordering of thejourney.”Vidal chuckled. “Not if I know my Mary,” he replied”
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“Queer creatures, females,” mused Mr. Standen, shaking his head. “Fellow’s only got to be a rake to have ’em all dangling after him. Silly, really, because it stands to reason—- Well never mind that!”
“Those fine eyes of hers had a disconcertingly direct gaze, and very often twinkled in a manner disturbing to male egotism. She had common-sense too, and what man wanted the plainly matter-of-fact, when he could enjoy instead Sophia’s delicious folly?”
“If it comes to that,” retorted Frederica, with spirit, ” I am continually shocked by the things you don’t scruple to say to me,cousin! You are quite abominable!”He sighed. “Alas, I know it! The reflection gives me sleepless nights.”
“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.”
“My house seems remarkably full of people,” he observed. “Is it possible we were expected.”
“I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.”