Erin

“Hester was no hero, but there was nothing in her that would allow her to turn away from a person who had been dropped on her doorstep. Even if that person had brought Doom along with her.”
― T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call

“Something's weighing on you," he said, looking down at her. "What can I do?"
Hester rubbed her hand over her face.
"You're here," she said. "That helps more than I can say,”
― T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call

“I'd like to yell," said Imogene, "but this hardly seems like the time, does it?" She grimaced. "Willard, can you take the scissors? My hand is getting a cramp."

"Certainly, Lady Strauss."

"And promise you'll kill her. No gallantry, now."

"Madam." He frowned at her. "I am a butler. Do you truly believe that I do not know how to dispatch a houseguest if required?”
― T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call

“Eh?” Hester realized that her brother had been speaking. “What was that? You have to speak up, my hearing’s not what it was.” (This was entirely untrue, but she had found that it was a very good excuse when she had simply been ignoring a dull conversation.)”
― T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call