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My Fair Duchess (Dukes Behaving Badly, #5) QUOTES

My Fair Duchess (Dukes Behaving Badly, #5) QUOTES

1 " Of course, he was a Captain (Ret.), so perhaps firmness was a requirement of the military? She presumed so. It would be awkward to be on a battlefield and pause to look at your fellow soldier in arms and ask, “Should we attack? I think we might want to attack, but what do you think? "

― Megan Frampton , My Fair Duchess (Dukes Behaving Badly, #5)

2 " Her cheeks began to burn. Again. Was this going to be her permanent state? Blushing every time Mr. Salisbury did or said anything, or anyone (such as her grandmother) did or said anything around him? Was she to be in a constant state of acute Salisburyness? The sooner she learned how to do what needed to be done, the better. She did not want to Salisbury her way through life. "

― Megan Frampton , My Fair Duchess (Dukes Behaving Badly, #5)

3 " perhaps firmness was a requirement of the military? She presumed so. It would be awkward to be on a battlefield and pause to look at your fellow soldier in arms and ask, “Should we attack? I think we might want to attack, but what do you think? "

― Megan Frampton , My Fair Duchess (Dukes Behaving Badly, #5)

4 " As you command, Duchess,” he said, smirking. He kept his eyes locked on hers as he removed his jacket, tossing it onto the grass. His shirt was next, and he pulled it up and over his head, revealing his chest.
“Hold on,” she commanded, putting her hand out. “I want to look first before you’re all done.” She twirled her finger. “Turn around so I can see all of you.”
He grinned and began to turn, slowly, so she could see each and every part of his upper body. The firm curve of his biceps, the definition of the muscles on his chest, the intriguing indents lower down leading into his trousers.
“What do you think?” he asked.
“You’re gorgeous,” she replied. “And now the rest, please.”
“Didn’t I remind you not to say please?” he teased, his fingers going to the placket of his trousers.
“You did. Trousers!” she commanded, trying to keep herself stern and unsmiling, and failing utterly.
“Much better,” he said as his trousers dropped down to the ground. "

― Megan Frampton , My Fair Duchess (Dukes Behaving Badly, #5)

5 " And just as many are going to want to see you succeed,” he interrupted.
“Yes, of course.” She waved her hand to brush that aside. “Those people, however, are people like me. That is, not precisely like me, I am the woman in charge, but I am a woman. I don’t have any intrinsic power. If it weren’t for this external thing that has happened to me, I would be as powerless as any of the people who depend on the duchy for their livelihoods. It’s unnerving. "

― Megan Frampton , My Fair Duchess (Dukes Behaving Badly, #5)

6 " If a woman had been my general. Well, I think the battles would have been shorter, for one thing.”
“Why?”
“It is probably not right to say that women are softer,” he began, “because they can be hard when they want to be.” His lips thinned, and she felt a stab of jealousy at whatever female had given him such an impression. “But they are far more reasonable when honor is involved.”
He met her gaze, a hint of laughter in his eyes. “Back to honor again,” he said. “Now that I am no longer in it, I have to say that there is very little honor in battle. There is courage, and strength, and forethought. But when it comes down to it”—and he shook his head almost mournfully—“the only honor is the false honor paraded around to puff up the people who are determined to lead men to their deaths. "

― Megan Frampton , My Fair Duchess (Dukes Behaving Badly, #5)