The charm of your society, My Sparrow, lies in not knowing what will you say next - though one rapidly learns to fear the worst!

I have seen what comes of being patient," Amanda said with a boding look. "And I have no opinion of it." "What does come of it?" Inquired Sir Gareth. "Nothing!

Is it not insupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles?

I don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not.

Eccentricity may be diverting, Mama, but it is out of place in a wife: certainly in my wife!

Of course she is a fool, but so are all girls.

Do you know, I think that of all your idiosyncrasies that choke you give, when you are determined not to laugh, is the one that most enchants me.