Kate

“Mr Lavenham just asked if you were still importuning Eustacie to marry you.’
‘Why should I be doing anything of the sort?’
‘On account of her being an heiress,’ explained Sarah.
Sir Tristram said dryly: ‘Of course. I should have thought of that. I trust neither of you will hesitate to vilify my character whenever it seems expedient to you to do so.’
‘No, of course we shall not,’ Miss Thane assured him.
‘But you do not mind, mon cousin, do you?’
‘On the contrary, I am becoming quite accustomed to it. But I am afraid even your imagination must fail soon. I have been in swift succession a tyrant, a thief and a murderer, and now a fortune-hunter. There is really nothing left.’
‘Oh!’ said Ludovic gaily, ‘we have acquitted you of theft and murder, you know.’
‘True,’ Shield retorted. ‘But as your acquittals are invariably accompanied by fresh and more outrageous slanders, I almost dread the moment when you acquit me of fortune-hunting.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Talisman Ring

“If,"said the Dowager, after a pregnant silence," I had ever dared to speak so to my grandmother, I should have been soundly whipped and confined to my bedchamber on bread-and-water for a sennight!"
The gravity vanished from Cressy's face. "no, would you, Ma'am? How very brave your parents must have been!”
― Georgette Heyer, False Colours

“If you want to see her, you can do it here, can’t you? I’ve no objection.’
‘I fear you can have no romantic leanings,’ said Shield, before Miss Thane could speak. ‘A star-lit sky, the balmy night breezes–’
‘But this is February! The breeze isn’t balmy at all – in fact, there’s been a demmed north wind blowing all day,’ pointed out Sir Hugh.
‘To persons deep in love,’ said Sir Tristram soulfully, ‘any breeze is balmy.’
‘Hateful wretch!’ said Miss Thane, with deep feeling, ‘Pay no heed to him, Hugh! Of course, I did not go to meet him!’
Sir Tristram appeared to be overcome. ‘You play fast and loose with me,’ he said reproachfully. ‘You have dashed my hopes to the ground, shattered my self-esteem–’
‘If you say another word, I’ll box your ears!’ threatened Miss Thane.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Talisman Ring

“In my back bedchamber, sir,’ said Nye loudly. ‘I always house smugglers there to be handy for the riding-officers.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Talisman Ring