My Hallway" remarked Lord Akeldama,"Has never seen such lively action. And That, my sugarplums, is saying something!
Gail CarrigerScotsmen, she had occasion to observe, often did have nice knees. Perhaps that was why they insisted upon kilts.
Gail CarrigerHe is clearly bookish. I did not follow a single word of their conversation at dinner last night, not one jot of it. He must be bookish.
Gail CarrigerLord Maccon asked meekly, shifting against her in a manner that ensured she realized the nibbling had affected his outsides just as much as her insides. Alexia was partly shocked, partly intrigued by the idea that as he was naked, she might actually get to see what he looked like. She had seen sketches of the nude male, of course, for purely technical purposes. She was given to wonder if werewolves were anatomically bigger in certain areas.
Gail CarrigerI am entirely capable." "Of what, waddling up to someone and ruthlessly bumping into them?
Gail CarrigerShe would have colored gracefully with embarrassment had she not possessed the complexion of one of those โheathen Italians,โ as her mother said, who never colored, gracefully or otherwise. (Convincing her mother that Christianity had, to all intents and purposes, originated with the Italians, thus making them the exact opposite of heathen, was a waste of time and breath.)
Gail Carriger