I don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not.
Georgette Heyer[...]if you talk any more flummery to me, Frederica, I shall give you one of myโerโicy set-downs!โ(Alverstoke)
Georgette HeyerMy dear girl, don't talk nonsense to me! You're lazy, that's all that's wrong with you. Why don't you take up social work?
Georgette HeyerMiss Grantham gave a shriek. 'You have trifled with me!' she said, into the folds of her handkerchief. 'You promised me marriage, and now you mean to cast me off for Another!
Georgette Heyer