" You've made a conquest there, haven't you? He's taken a real shine to you'.
Frences hesitated. Then, 'It's your shine,' she said.
Lilian looker at her. 'What do you mean?'
'He's only taken a shine to me because I've taken a shine to you. It's your shine, Lilian.'
Lilian's expression changed. She dropped her gaze, parted her lips. Her heart beat harder, jumping in the hollow at the base of her throat in that percussive way that Frances had seen once before. And when it had jumped six times, seven times, eight, nine, she looked up into Frances's eyes and said, 'Take me home, will you? "

― Sarah Waters , The Paying Guests