Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (Jane Austen Mysteries, #1)

by Stephanie Barron

None can assume that the winds of fortune shall always blow fair; indeed, the better part of our lives is spent seeking some shelter from their caprice.

there are times when to be in the bosom of one’s family is a burden too great to bear, and relative strangers may prove as balm.

As a single man in possession of a good fortune, he must be in want of a wife;

The world, however bleak I have found it in the last few weeks, must nonetheless be formed of goodness, if but a few moments in Nature’s company may suffice to renew one’s health and mental aspect.

his defences first; but I should need a greater weapon than our slight acquaintance if I were to breast

“Friends, in my experience, are like ladies’ fashions, Miss Austen. They come and go with the seasons, and are rarely of such stout stuff as bears repeated wearing. I am glad to find you formed of better material.”