The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct Quotes

“Untwist your bollocks, man. Something came up at the barracks, and I could not get away.”
― Jessie Lewis, The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Thank the Sovereign’s holy orbs for that!”
― Jessie Lewis, The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“He cradled her face with his hands. “Only a cad would kiss an unmarried woman in a public gallery.” She gave a small hum of agreement. “But you are my cad. And I love you.”
― Jessie Lewis, The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“In that case,” she said as collectedly as she could, “you might like to know that I was not planning to marry Mr Knowles.” “You were not?”
― Jessie Lewis, The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“It came to something when the discovery that one had been thrown over for a woman of the night was a relief,”
― Jessie Lewis, The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“It means—I comprehend that your affections have found a new home, and you no longer wish to call on me.”
― Jessie Lewis, The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Fitzwilliam merely fancied that she had little interest in mollycoddling fainter hearts than her own.”
― Jessie Lewis, The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Lizzy truly was a sly one. It was said that some people kept their cards close to their chests. Lizzy kept hers stuffed tightly down the front of her stays, never to see the light of day.”
― Jessie Lewis, The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“it would be better if neither of them went to the gallery and Lady Tuppence and her cousin were allowed to think she had fallen under a carriage on her way there or some such calamity.”
― Jessie Lewis, The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“I should infinitely prefer it to hearing that she has agreed to meet a bloody whoremonger!” he retorted fiercely.”
― Jessie Lewis, The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation