Miss Seeton Draws the Line Quotes

“So many writers had grown lyrical over spring. And, one must admit, it was easy to love a lamb: but how soon that engaging frivolity would yield to the placid idiocy of its inheritance; it was not easy to love a sheep. Summer? Yes, but it was overweighted, overcolored. No - for herself she preferred late autumn, when line returned, with wider, subtler blends of color and experience.”
― Heron Carvic, Miss Seeton Draws the Line

“right to marry. That’s why we came here. Len’s still on appro, you see, because of a bit of bother at my home.” “Bother? I see.” Miss Seeton nodded. “I think perhaps you’d better tell me exactly what did happen at your home.” “Well, it’s my stepdad really, mum’s silly, you see, and him he tried it on with Rosie, that’s my sister, and like a fool I told Len, and”
― Heron Carvic, Miss Seeton Draws the Line