Swan's Way Quotes

“Of all Virginia Swan’s extraordinary adventures on her first trip to New York City, this visit”
― Becky Lee Weyrich, Swan's Way

“herself for such a place—something between a sweat shop and a mortuary. Instead, she caught”
― Becky Lee Weyrich, Swan's Way

“doeskin trousers, topped off with a merino vest and silk scarf. Propped nearby was a handsome cane”
― Becky Lee Weyrich, Swan's Way

“Slender, dark-haired, bearded Mathew Brady spoke to his subjects from behind the large, tripod-mounted box of his camera. He was a dapper gentleman”
― Becky Lee Weyrich, Swan's Way

“What a delight to have such a handsome couple before me, Miss Swan, Mr. McNeal. You must both”
― Becky Lee Weyrich, Swan's Way

“table sat an antique ormolu clock, its hands frozen on the twelve and the ten, 11:50. The magic hour. The time when Zee’s ghosts appeared in the greenhouse wall. Bits and pieces of two scenarios were coming back to her, fitting together like a child’s jigsaw puzzle. She had, indeed, come to this place—Mathew Brady’s New York studio—a short time earlier to have her portrait made”
― Becky Lee Weyrich, Swan's Way