“Unfortunately, you, Sir Tristram, knowing nothing of me, and being possessed of a tyrannical disposition – I beg your pardon?’
‘I did not speak,’ replied Sir Tristram, eyeing her frostily.
Miss Thane met his look with one of limpid innocence. ‘Oh, I quite thought you did!’
‘I choked,’ explained Sir Tristram. ‘Pray continue! You had reached my tyrannical disposition.”
― The Talisman Ring
‘I did not speak,’ replied Sir Tristram, eyeing her frostily.
Miss Thane met his look with one of limpid innocence. ‘Oh, I quite thought you did!’
‘I choked,’ explained Sir Tristram. ‘Pray continue! You had reached my tyrannical disposition.”
― The Talisman Ring
“In my back bedchamber, sir,’ said Nye loudly. ‘I always house smugglers there to be handy for the riding-officers.”
― The Talisman Ring
― The Talisman Ring
“To tell you the truth,’ repeated Sarah coldly, ‘she had a fright, and the bandboxes broke loose.’
‘What frightened her?’
‘A Headless Horseman,’ said Sarah. He was frowning again.
‘Headless Horseman? Fiddlesticks!’
‘Very well,’ said Sarah, as one making a concession, ‘then it was a dragon.”
― The Talisman Ring
‘What frightened her?’
‘A Headless Horseman,’ said Sarah. He was frowning again.
‘Headless Horseman? Fiddlesticks!’
‘Very well,’ said Sarah, as one making a concession, ‘then it was a dragon.”
― The Talisman Ring
“My dear sir, I wish you will give me leave to address your daughter at once!’ said the Earl, quite entranced by this sudden and unexpected declaration of war on the part of his chosen bride.”
― The Quiet Gentleman
― The Quiet Gentleman
“Sally, I swear you’re an angel!’ he declared.
‘Anything less angelic than her conduct during the past half-hour I have yet to see,’ observed Sir Tristram.”
― The Talisman Ring
‘Anything less angelic than her conduct during the past half-hour I have yet to see,’ observed Sir Tristram.”
― The Talisman Ring
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