Do you forget that I am your sister?โ โNo; Iโve never been granted the opportunity to forget it.
Georgette HeyerYouโve no more for me than I have for you.โ Considerably disconcerted by this direct attack, she stammered: โHow can you say so? When I am sure I have always been most sincerely attached to you!โ โYou deceive yourself, sister: not to me, but to my purse!
Georgette HeyerIs it not insupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles?
Georgette HeyerWhat is your name?" "Again sir, that is no concern of yours." "A mystery," he said. "I shall have to call you Clorinda." ..... "Judith! What the devil? exclaimed Peregrine. "Has there been an accident?" "Judith," repeated the gentleman of the curricle pensively. "I prefer Clorinda.
Georgette HeyerI feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.
Georgette HeyerI don't know what you may have seen fit to tell her, Venetia, but so far as I understand it you could think of nothing better to do than to beguile her with some farrago about wishing Damerel to strew rose-leaves for you to walk on!" Damerel, who had resumed his seat, had been staring moodily into the fire, but at these words he looked up quickly. "Rose-leaves?" His eyes went to Venetia's face, wickedly quizzing her. "But my dear girl, at this season?" "Be quiet, you wretch!" she said, blushing.
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