«Calling people names poor Miss Lydgate didn’t know existed – the worst she knows being Restoration Drama» (75).
«Harriet amused herself with wondering whether the Prince of Ruritania had been shot, or the Master-Crook of the Continent had brought off a fresh coup, or whether this was the International Conspiracy to Wreck Civilisation with a Death-Ray – all those situations being frequent in her kind of fiction.» (77)
«It’s disquieting to reflect that one’s dreams never symbolise one’s real wishes, but always something Much Worse. […] I wonder what are the unthinkable depths of awfulness that can only be expressed by the polite symbol of Peter’s embraces.» (103)
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