Madimirez

“Last night,” he said, reminiscently, “you bound my arm—the merest scratch! with all the tenderness of which a woman is capable when her compassion is aroused. Today, you propose to shoot me in cold blood for no better reason than that I will not gratify your curiosity! It has been truly said that females are strange creatures!”
― Alice Chetwynd Ley, The Guinea Stamp

“He was standing nearer to her than he ever had, and he held her gaze, pausing until her breath was suspended in anticipation of his response. “If I had a wife, she should have access to every paper and book in my house that might possibly interest her. And I would speak with her on any topic she should wish. My protection would be shown in a different, more gallant manner, and not in keeping any knowledge from her that she might wish to gain.”
― JENNIE GOUTET, Philippa Holds Court

“Some stories are better the more you read them. You notice things you didn’t the first time. And not only that.” She hesitated. “Books you’ve already read are like old friends. It’s comforting to revisit them.”
― Mimi Matthews, The Belle of Belgrave Square

“My dear fellow, this is a war,” Ridgeway said. “It’s the London season.”
― Mimi Matthews, The Belle of Belgrave Square