She considered herself unconventional.

Ah well that I can't tell you." Diana ducked her head so that the brim of her bonnet covered her face. "Some things must remain a mystery and for now I think I'll keep my opinion of you and your compliments to myself.

A young lady's most natural ally is her sister although sometimes our own relatives are as inscrutable to us as an antipodean.

Life was a short window and there was no sense in doing the wrong thing over and over even if it was so difficult to stop.

Henry was thinking of the younger Holland sister of the way she could go from being an impetuous girl to a knowing woman in a few seconds and never lose the stars in her eyes.

All really interesting girls invent themselves.

Henry turned his hat in his hands but went on looking at Diana in a way that made her want to crawl into his arms and stay there forever.