He would not object, he said, to accepting a post as a librarian. But as Cecilia was unable to imagine that her father or her brother would feel any marked degree of satisfaction in giving her in marriage to a librarian, this very handsome concession on Mr Fawnhope's part merely added to her despondency.
Georgette HeyerStichwörter: librarians humorous
Léonie, you will do well to consider. You are not the first woman in my life."
She smiled through her tears. "Monseigneur, I would so much rather be the last woman than the first,” she said.
Will you marry me, vile and abominable girl that you are?
Yes, but, mind, it only to save my neck from being wrung!
I think myself I ought to be shot for writing such nonsense .... But it's unquestionably good escapist literature and I think I should rather like it if I were sitting in an air-raid shelter or recovering from flu."
[As quoted in Jane Aiken Hodge, The Private World of Georgette Heyer (p. xii).]
Only trust me! You have fallen into a fit of despondency and there is not the least need! In fact, nothing could be more fatal, in any predicament! It encourages one to suppose that there is nothing to be done, when a little resolution is all that is wanted to bring matters to a happy conclusion.
Georgette HeyerStichwörter: determination resolution challenges predicament
I see now that there is a great deal in what Aunt Almeria says. She considers that there are terrible pitfalls in Society."
Sir Richard shook his head sadly. "Alas, too true!"
"And vice," said Pen awfully. "Profligacy, and extravagance, you know."
"I know."
She picked up her knife and fork again. "It must be very exciting," she said enviously.
Stichwörter: humour
I am relieved. May I now have the truth?
Georgette HeyerStichwörter: humor truth white-lies
The charm of your society, my Sparrow, lies in not knowing what you will say next – though one rapidly learns to expect the worst!
Georgette HeyerStichwörter: virtue spontaneity charm
You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself
Georgette HeyerStichwörter: genius trouble georgette-heyer
I shan't ask you how you do, ma'am: to enquire after a lady's health implies that she is not in her best looks. Besides, I can see that you are in high bloom.
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