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81 " expected to find you dead. But I entrusted you to the care of Saint Rita. "
― Rhys Bowen , The Tuscan Child
82 " Castle Rannoch is not the most delightful spot at the best of times. It lies beneath an impressive black crag, at the head of a black loch, protected from the worst of gales by a stand of dark and gloomy pine forest. Even the poet Wordsworth, invited here during his ramblings, could find nothing to say about it, except for a couplet scribbled on a sheet of paper found in the wastepaper basket. "
― Rhys Bowen , Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1)
83 " looked up. “Maybe that will jog someone’s memory and make them come "
― Rhys Bowen , Evans Above (Constable Evans, #1)
84 " Emily?” Her mother’s strident voice echoed up the staircase. “Where are you, child? I told you we would be leaving at ten thirty on the dot. Come along. We can’t keep the young men waiting. Best foot forward. "
― Rhys Bowen , The Victory Garden
85 " searched for clues and fingerprints. But I will be kind to "
86 " It was like smiling at a gargoyle. "
― Rhys Bowen , The Last Illusion (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #9)
87 " It is what we call part of our cucina povera - simple food for the peasants. And a good way to use up yesterday's stale bread. It is simply stale bread soaked in broth, and then we cook the garlic, tomatoes, some carrot, and celery and add these to it, then serve with olive oil. That's all. "
88 " I want you to know that our beautiful boy is safe. He is hidden where only you can find him. "
89 " fagioli al fiasco sotto la cenere.” She handed him a bowl of what looked like white paste. "
90 " I don’t know how long I sat there staring at the flimsy sheet of airmail paper. Having grown up as an only child, I was shocked to discover in one day that I might have two brothers in other parts of the world. If this one had survived, I thought. Perhaps he had been hidden with a kind family in the hills, to be reunited with his mother when hostilities ceased. That is what I tried to believe. But now I was dying to know more. My father never spoke of his wartime experiences, but I knew from my mother that he had been a pilot with the RAF and terribly brave, flying missions over occupied Europe until he was shot down and nearly died. I hadn’t even known this happened over Italy. One didn’t tend to think of Italy as a scene of bombing missions. "
91 " I broke off in amazement. My father—my distant, unemotional father—had a child in Italy. A child with an Italian woman called Sofia. But hidden where only Sofia could find him? A chill came over me. The letter was never delivered. A child hidden away and never found? Of course now, twenty- eight years later, I had to hope that Sofia had recovered the child and all was well. "
92 " I gather you weren't keen on going back to Scotland with your brother at this time of year. I don't say I blame you. Terribly bleak and cutoff in the winter.""Oh no, Mom," I said, as her words sunk in. "My brother is not going back to Scotland. He and my sister-in-law are going to the Riviera."The Riviera? I had no idea.""For my sister-in-law's health. She's feeling rather frail at the moment.""I don't think that frail would ever be a word to describe your sister-in-law," the Queen said, looking up with a half smile on her lips as a tray of coffee was reeled into the room."I managed to have six children without making a fuss. One just got on with it. "
― Rhys Bowen , Naughty in Nice (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #5)
93 " In case you haven’t noticed, people aren’t nice, "
― Rhys Bowen , In Farleigh Field
94 " had come to help. He just "
95 " Oh, you’re missing so much, Alice,” Emily said. “Books are wonderful. You can get transported away by a good story. If we’re living in a place like this, we can read about Paris or a tropical island and feel like we’re there. "
96 " We crept to the phone and dialed 999, "
97 " Almost twenty, I thought. And here I am at twenty-five still thinking I am young and have plenty of time to decide what to do with my life. "
98 " Time is the only healer. "
99 " The old man smiled. “It should be perfectly obvious what you have to do. Give women the vote. That will do away with tyrants and dictators instantly. Women will always opt for sensible and compassionate over warlike and corrupt "
― Rhys Bowen , For the Love of Mike (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #3)
100 " England. A long way away. A heathen land where they do not have the true faith. "