Don't you dare call me arrogant!If ever I had any at all-which I deny!- how much could I possibly have left after having been ridden over rough-shod by you and Thomas, do you imagine?
Georgette HeyerDo you recall Fred Merriville?โ She stared at him. โFred Merriville? Pray, what has he to say to anything?โ โThe poor fellow has nothing to say: heโs dead, alas!
Georgette HeyerI don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not.
Georgette HeyerI comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire--I admit, a natural one for the most part--to exterminate your fellows.
Georgette Heyer