Sheri Cobb South QUOTES

2 " Mr. Brundy, you are no doubt as well acquainted with my circumstances as I am with yours, so let us not beat about the bush. I have a fondness for the finer things in life, and I suppose I always will. As a result, I am frightfully expensive to maintain. I have already bankrupted my father, and have no doubt I should do the same to you, should you be so foolhardy as to persist in the desire for such a union. Furthermore, I have a shrewish disposition and a sharp tongue. My father, having despaired of seeing me wed to a gentleman of my own class, has ordered me to either accept your suit or seek employment. If I married you, it would be only for your wealth, and only because I find the prospect of marriage to you preferable –but only slightly!- to the life of a governess or a paid companion. If, knowing this, you still wish to marry me, why, you have only to name the day.”

Having delivered herself of this speech, Lady Helen waited expectantly for Mr. Brundy’s stammering retraction. Her suitor pondered her words for a long moment, then made his response.

“’ow about Thursday? "

― Sheri Cobb South , The Weaver Takes a Wife (The "Weaver" series Book 1)

4 " Tell me, Theodore, were you playing against orphans, by any chance? "

― Sheri Cobb South , The Weaver Takes a Wife (The "Weaver" series Book 1)

6 " To wheel about in one's chair to address the footman would be completely outside the pale. "

― Sheri Cobb South , A Dead Bore (John Pickett Mysteries, #2)

8 " Having never had dealings with Bow Street, Lady Fieldhurst was not quite certain what to expect: perhaps a stout fellow past his prime, befuddled with sleep or spirits, with a bulbous red nose—the same sort as might be found in any number of watchmen’s boxes across the metropolis. The individual who entered the room in [the footman's] wake, however, was very nearly her own age. To be sure, his nose was somewhat crooked, as if it had been broken at some point, but it was far from bulbous, and it was certainly not red. He was quite tall, almost gangly, with curling brown hair tied at the nape of his neck in an outmoded queue. He wore an unfashionably shallow-crowned hat and a black swallow-tailed coat of good cloth but indifferent cut; indeed, his only claim to fashion lay in the quizzing glass which hung round his neck from a black ribbon, and which he now raised, the resulting magnification revealing his eyes to be a warm brown. Julia might have been much reassured as to his competence, had it not been for the fact that his mouth hung open as from a rusty hinge. "

― Sheri Cobb South , In Milady's Chamber (John Pickett Mysteries, #1)

10 " I'm sure your feelings do you credit, John, but by Jove, you can't marry a female in a fit of philantropy! "

― Sheri Cobb South , Family Plot (John Pickett Mysteries, #3)

12 " I must confess, though, that I shall rather miss John Footman. I can't imagine why. Pickett took her ladyship's hand and steadied her as she mounted the step. The fellow was incompetent. I wouldn't say that, protested Lady Fieldhurst. I found him rather adept---at some things. She gave him a mischievous smile...was it possible that she was remembering that midnight kiss in the library? No, of course not. Unmindful of the rain, Pickett stood there in the courtyard for a long moment, a singularly foolish smile playing about his mouth. "

― Sheri Cobb South , A Dead Bore (John Pickett Mysteries, #2)

14 " what had got into the boy. "

― Sheri Cobb South , Pickpocket's Apprentice (John Pickett Mysteries, #0.5)

16 " Mrs. Catchpole broke off abruptly, returning Pickett's limpid gaze with eyes narrowed in suspicion. Oh, I see what you're about, Johnny! You're trying to pull my leg! Pickett, who could think of few pastimes which held less appeal, suppressed a shudder at the mental image which rose to his brain. "

― Sheri Cobb South , In Milady's Chamber (John Pickett Mysteries, #1)

18 " intention of selling the article "

― Sheri Cobb South , In Milady's Chamber (John Pickett Mysteries, #1)