The Heiress of Linn Hagh Quotes

“Hagh.”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“Carnaby, the brother, survived childhood.’ ‘If he went into the army, then there will be records,’ John Armstrong announced firmly. ‘I’ll contact my sons and Cecily’s husband, Captain Derwent. Trust me, Lavender; if the rogue did survive and went on to join the army, then there will be records of him—somewhere.’ ‘I need to go and speak with Doctor Goddard,’ Lavender said as they hurried down the main street in Bellingham. ‘We need to split up, Ned. I’ll visit Goddard, then go to The Redesdale Arms and speak to the landlord. You must go to Newcastle, find Mr Agar the lawyer and pursue my request for a copy of Baxter Carnaby’s last will and testament. I must see that document. The last master of Linn Hagh had far more secrets than I ever imagined.’ ‘Didn’t he just,’ Woods said. ‘This case has turned into a sack full of squirmin’ river eels. Slippery buggers, all of them Carnabys—especially the father.’ ‘Indeed. I hope that this document at the lawyers’ will shed some light on what really went on at Linn Hagh.’ ‘I’ll grab a bite to eat from The Rose and Crown before I go,’ Woods told him. ‘Oh—and I might just call on young Anna at her mother’s cottage on me way—just to check she got home safely”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“It seems to me that Magistrate Clennell was more reluctant to condemn a member of the gentry to trial than he was when it came to condemnin’ a common labourer, James Charlton.’ ‘Of course he was.’ Lavender’s tone was bitter. ‘We have to remember, Ned, whom the law has been designed to protect—and from whom.”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“Be careful, Detective, or the grindylows will nab you!’ The young woman’s voice had a musical quality like the trilling of birdsong. Lavender spun around. Laurel Faa Geddes stood behind them. She had appeared out of nowhere—as silent as a padding cat. One silver-ringed hand rested lightly on her hip. She grinned. Her vivid blue eyes sparkled mischievously. ‘I’m not familiar with the grindylows, Miss Geddes.’ Lavender smiled. ‘Perhaps you’d care to enlighten me?’ She pointed a grimy finger towards the reeds at the edge of the brackish pool. ‘They live down there, in the watter. They’ve long, sinewy arms and grab you to drown you, if you’re not careful.’ ‘Sounds like a few of the trollops I’ve met down the London docks,’ Woods observed.”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“Greed combined with desperation is an unhealthy mix,”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“The ancient woodland became darker and denser as they followed the overgrown path that snaked beside the stream. Gnarled fingers of skeletal trees creaked overhead, and their moss-covered trunks fought against the steep incline of the gorge.”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“We’ve got to eliminate all other possible explanations”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“women were the more curious of the two sexes. They were never happy until they had determined someone’s pedigree and ‘placed’ that person in society.”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“Master George was as bad-tempered as a bull with sunstroke.”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“The staircase ran up the side of the pele tower between two thick stone walls, one of them the outer wall of the building. A few lanterns hung from metal hooks, and their candles flickered petulantly in the draught.”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“carriage and seemed to be pondering for a moment. Lavender”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“Her self-assurance was unusual for a woman who was a Catholic and an immigrant, but”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“But what about you? How do you speak my language so well, sir?’ ‘I’m self-taught—but I’ve been several times to Spain in a professional capacity. Hopefully, these experiences took the edge off my appalling accent.’ ‘Indeed—your accent is good. You would pass for a native.”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“I think you English have an expression for times like this, do you not?’ The señora’s voice was light, but Lavender heard the hint of reproach directed at the older woman. ‘You say: “When needs must .”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh

“There’s a toby man on board—him on your left.”
― Karen Charlton, The Heiress of Linn Hagh