The Princeling Quotes

“All around the walls were espaliered apricot, peach and fig trees, and in the centre were squared beds of strawberries, currants, and sweet little musk-melons.”
― Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, The Princeling: The Morland Dynasty, Book 3

“It was a peaceful scene in the little garden. The heat was trapped there, reflected off the soft, flaky red brick of the walls, and the air was drowsy with the sound of bees, attracted by the marigolds and lavender which had been planted there to fetch them; for fruit will not be born without the bee, and the garden was given over to fruit. All”
― Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, The Princeling: The Morland Dynasty, Book 3