Ambrose Parry

“Wouldn’t it calm your spirits to be reading a book instead?’ Sarah suggested.

Mina’s expression indicated that this was a notion so self-evident as to be stupid, and was about to explain why.

‘Of course I would rather be reading. I would spend all my days reading if I could. But for reasons passing understanding, embroidery is considered a desirable accomplishment in a prospective wife, and therefore it is incumbent upon me to master it, such is my lot. So for pity’s sake, bring tea or I shall run mad.”
― Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh

“Dr Simpson swept in through the front door. His expression of irritation and curiosity turned to one of confusion and dismay as he took in the scene that greeted him: his housemaid in another man's home after dark, his apprentice bruised and bleeding, and both of them standing over the trussed-up figure of his sister-in-law's betrothed.

"I have one or two wee questions, laddie," he said quietly.”
― Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh