The Attenbury Emeralds Quotes

“Bunter came with me in the role of a friend. A role he has always played to perfection."
"It does not require dissimulation, my lord," said Bunter.
"Thank you," said Peter.”
― Jill Paton Walsh, The Attenbury Emeralds

“If you tell someone a secret, and ask them to keep it secret, you are asking them to display a discretion you are unable to display yourself.”
― Jill Paton Walsh, The Attenbury Emeralds

“Clever readers, of course, would already have seen through the entire thing, and for them the ending would lack surprise. But Harriet knew from experience that the pleasures of having guessed it all, with the concomitant pleasure of feeling clever, would make up for that as long as matters were not humiliatingly easy to guess.”
― Jill Paton Walsh, The Attenbury Emeralds

“Granted, a man may smile and smile and be a villain, but it takes nerve.”
― Jill Paton Walsh, The Attenbury Emeralds