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1 " In the absence of my beloved and much-derided crime board,’ she said, ‘I’ve been reduced to writing things in my journal like some sort of medieval peasant.’ She "
― T.E. Kinsey , Death Around the Bend (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries, #3)
2 " wondered if the Croquet Association might be persuaded to add ‘mischievous large dogs’ to its list of approved equipment. "
3 " They sold all their waking hours to someone else in return for a few bob to pay for a roof over our heads and food on the table. "
4 " Adds a bit of mystery and tension if I go missing for a few moments on a busy evening. Keeps everybody on their toes. “Where’s Mr Spinney got to?” they say. “Better make sure everything’s perfect – the old codger could be anywhere. Don’t want him to catch us shirking.” Works wonders. "
5 " I hope everything goes smoothly this evening.’ ‘It’s certain not to, Miss Armstrong,’ he said. ‘But the test of our mettle is how well we cope with the inevitable disasters, I always say. "
6 " Elegant and beautiful, but strangely aggressive and frightening. Warrior goddesses. "
7 " We might play fast and loose with the law on occasion, but we never break it. "
8 " I wasn’t interested in getting money; I just wanted to have it. And I only wanted to have it so I didn’t have to think about it no more. Money wasn’t the important thing; it was never having to worry about it that I wanted. "
9 " They never had no time to call their own. They sold all their waking hours to someone else in return for a few bob to pay for a roof over our heads and food on the table. "
10 " If you want it, dear,’ she continued, ‘you should do it. I’ve never let the fear of people thinking me a ninny stop me from doing anything. "
11 " The sort of face that makes strangers take me into their confidence and throw caution and discretion to the wind by exposing me to the excruciatingly embarrassing details of their private affairs. "
12 " Comings and goings in the middle of the night are nothing out of the ordinary. The unspoken rule is that as long as everyone is back in their own room by daybreak, everyone else will pretend that nothing untoward has happened. "
13 " To poke one’s beak out of the door and catch someone in the act of slipping into someone else’s room would be the height of bad manners. "
14 " If Lady Hardcastle were a man, she would have been labelled a bounder and a cad. Sadly, there were no equivalent terms for a lady. "
15 " She’s as fragile and insecure as the next girl, deep down. That’s why she’s so spiky. "
16 " bimbled "