Christina Brooke

Quotes

• “A gentleman can’t let a lady sleep in an armchair while he takes his ease in a bed.”“But you are not a gentleman,” she p...”
• “I only hope I may not be ruined,” she was saying miserably. “I should be obliged to marry you after all, and then I’d li...”
• “Keep your hands off me.” She spoke viciously, through her teeth, and he caught a glimpse of her deVere ancestry. She was...”
• “Good night, my lord.” The words were pronounced in her most withering tone.By contrast, he remained quite alarmingly unw...”
• “She narrowed her gaze. “I don’t trust you to keep your eyes closed.”“Smart woman,” he said. “I wouldn’t trust me, either...”