Go away,โ he said. โDo you know youโve almost no clothes on?โ โNever mind. I needโโ โNever mind? Listen to me, Miss Innocence. There are many things a man can โnever mind.โ A nearly naked woman isnโt one of them.
Loretta ChaseI don't know who had the training of you," he continued doggedly, "but your morals are shocking. You spent a night in my bed, remember, after a night in a bawdy house. You go about collecting street urchins and letting inebriated vagabonds kiss you, and then you get into brawls in pawnshops. You are probably past all redemption, but I'm going to reform you anyhow. If you behave yourself, perhaps I'll let you reform me on occasion, but I make no promises.
Loretta ChaseOut of the darkness came Mr Carsington's deep voice, cool and calm. " Pray don't trouble yourselves, gentlemen. It is merely a villain come to cut our throats, rob our stores and ravish our women. No need for alarm. Mrs Pembroke has the matter in hand.
Loretta ChaseJessica: โYou great drunken jackass!โ Dain: โI did not give you leave to use my Christian name.
Loretta ChaseLife had a way of wrecking her careful plans, again and again. Roulette was more predictable than life. Small wonder she was so lucky at it.Life was not a wheel going round and round. It never, ever returned to the same place. It didn't stick to simple red and black and a certain array of numbers. It laughed at logic.Beneath its pretty overdress of man-imposed order, life was anarchy.
Loretta Chase