Her heart the damned thing had begun to race and she only hoped that the rapid inflation and deflation of her chest wasn't visible beneath her fitted bodice.

It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most.

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

She felt so much aware of her own beauty it seemed inconceivable that everybody else wouldn't notice the difference too.

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.

The value of secrets is ever fluctuating although ladies who have been in society for a long time learn that a secret kept can be worth more than a secret told.

She was trying to sound tough and impatient, but she knew that vulnerable desire to be wooed was still brimming in her tone.