... Washington was not only an important capital. It was a city of fear. Below that glittering and delightful surface there is another story, that of underpaid Government clerks, men and women holding desperately to work that some political pull may at any moment take from them. A city of men in office and clutching that office, and a city of struggle which the country never suspects.
Mary Roberts Rinehart[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil.
Mary Roberts RinehartUsed to move so much, every time the chickens saw the team put in the wagon, they'd lie down on their backs and hold their legs up to be tied!
Mary Roberts RinehartWhen a great burden is lifted, the relief is not always felt at once. The galled places still ache.
Mary Roberts Rinehart