A Fortuitous Wager Quotes

“We have neither time nor privacy, so agree to meet me tomorrow morning on Oakham Mount, or I’ll put you over my shoulder and walk you out of this room. This compromise will force you to marry me.”
― Kimbelle Pease, A Fortuitous Wager: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary

“I shall be most frank as you have this same penchant, Colonel Fitzwilliam. I realize I’m only ever to know the coldness of practicality. You say I may ask anything of you, so I ask that you fill one hour of my life with the heat of passion.”
― Kimbelle Pease, A Fortuitous Wager: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary

“I need you, Miss Lucas. I love you, and I will cherish you, but I need you. Having only two weeks with you is like glimpsing Heaven before descending into hell.”
― Kimbelle Pease, A Fortuitous Wager: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary

“Jane and Elizabeth downed their first glass of wine to gain its warming effects. When their glasses were refilled, the inquest then began.”
― Kimbelle Pease, A Fortuitous Wager: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary

“Clever. It seems I’ve long needed to meet you, for then I, too, might have navigated Society better.”
― Kimbelle Pease, A Fortuitous Wager: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary