You should be thankful that dark colors suit you. Not everyone wears black well." "Why, Lady Olivia, is that a compliment?" "Not so much as a compliment to you as an insult to everyone else," she assured him. "Thanks heaven for that. I don't think I would know how to conduct myself in a world in which you offered compliments.
Julia QuinnLet me drive," she said, reaching for the reins. He turned to her in disbelief. "This is a phaeton, not a single-horse wagon." Sophie fought the urge to throttle him. His nose was running, his eyes were red, he couldn't stop coughing, and still he found the energy to act like an arrogant peacock. "I assure you," she said slowly, "that I know how to drive a team of horses.
Julia QuinnA man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man with honor - ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which young ladies should flock.
Julia QuinnI also think he is given to disguises...Sometimes he wears spectacles and sometimes he does not. And twice he has worn an extremely peculiar hat. Inside.
Julia QuinnIt was juvenile, he knew, this need to assign blame, but everyone had a right to childish emotions from time to time, didn't they?
Julia QuinnThe two of you together are a menace,โ Penelope remarked. โMy aim in life,โ Lady Danbury announced, โis to be a menace to as great a number of people as possible, so I shall take that as the highest of compliments, Mrs. Bridgerton.โ โWhy is it,โ Penelope wondered, โthat you only call me Mrs. Bridgerton when you are opining in a grand fashion?โ โSounds better that way,โ Lady D said, punctuating her remark with a loud thump of her cane.
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