They decided the mummy would be unwrapped, for the titillation of the ladies, just after dinner.

She would have colored gracefully with embarrassment had she not possessed the complexion of one of those “heathen Italians,” 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.)

I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make it through the day.

Stop playing verbal games with me, madam, or I shall go out into that ballroom, find your mother, and bring her here

What if I arrange to be around Lord Akeldama during the full moon?” The earl looked daggers. “I am certain he would be extremely helpful in a fight. He could ruthlessly flatter all your attackers into abject submission.

Lord Maccon was built like a brick outhouse, with opinions twice as unmoving and often equally full of crap.

I may be a werewolf and Scottish, but despite what you may have read about both, we are not cads!