Instead, he sat in the parlor of his family's Fifth Avenue mansion, growing older by the minute just like everybody else.

Oh yes, well, I find myself unconventional everywhere.

A young woman, newly wed, may find herself in the delightful position of wanting to do nothing without the company of her darling husband. She may indeed discover that she spends all her waking hours with her fellow to the exclusion of every other friend or family member. This is understandable, but wholly unacceptable, to society.

Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.

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.

Diana felt she was beginning to understand why, in all those novels she read, the headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be.

You don’t need to marry a man with millions. You only need to be your exquisite self.