A Distant Hero Quotes

“Why could she not emulate his sisters: marry and concentrate on babies? He gloomily suspected that she had that plan lined up for him.”
― Emma Drummond, A Distant Hero

“Light-heartedness vanished as swiftly as it had come out there beneath the stars, and yet again he wished females to the devil.”
― Emma Drummond, A Distant Hero

“Val prayed the remaining two weeks would fly past. The dangers of being picked off on patrol, or being overrun and killed by Boers in British uniforms, was infinitely preferable to the grimness of social availability in Pretoria”
― Emma Drummond, A Distant Hero

“The sheet was warm and moving. Vere held it in a continuation of the nightmare, until he saw a small red face amidst the folds. The tiny mouth was open to let forth surprisingly strident shrieks.”
― Emma Drummond, A Distant Hero

“The carriage was frequently halted by the mass of vehicles which made London’s streets increasingly noisy and dangerous. Drivers cursed and cracked their whips, horses snorted and whinnied until they surged forward again with a rattle of wheels and a tattoo of hooves, only to meet with an immobile line of traffic at the next junction.”
― Emma Drummond, A Distant Hero