Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One Quotes

“Perhaps the choice was neither right nor wrong. It only existed.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“I have never been married. The married women of my acquaintance rarely speak of their husbands at all, except as a nuisance to be borne.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“When one is lonely, one does foolish things.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“I also thought about Lady Breckenridge. After a heartbreak last year, I was not in the mood to fall in love with another lady, but Lady Breckenridge had demanded nothing of me.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“Lie still, it said. If you do not rise, do not move, nothing can hurt you. Simply do nothing, say nothing, be nowhere.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“No, I will drag you to the Thames and throw you in. Let the watermen fish you out. They will if you offer them enough coin." He swallowed. "You are mad enough to do it." "I am. If I discover that you have spoken to her of this matter in any way, I advise you to dress in the suit you most wish to ruin.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“Did I envy a man who could afford to throw away an expensive piece of paper on a short note, or think him a fool? In any case, I carefully tore the clean end of the sheet from the written area and tucked it into my drawer to save for my own letters.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“Did I envy a man who could afford to throw away an expensive piece of paper on a short note, or think him a fool?”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“Hmm," I said. "Nuisance" at least sounded affectionate. My wife had been alternately terrified of or furious with me.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One

“I returned to my rooms, enraged and no further forward. Yesterday, I had believed that Denis murdered Horne, but after meeting him, I changed my conclusion.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One