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The Wicked Wallflower
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“What are you reading?"
She replied without once taking her eyes off the page. "I am reading the sort of sentimental novel men dismiss as rubbish but could actually stand to learn a thing or two from."
"That's an awfully long title," he remarked dryly.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
She replied without once taking her eyes off the page. "I am reading the sort of sentimental novel men dismiss as rubbish but could actually stand to learn a thing or two from."
"That's an awfully long title," he remarked dryly.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
“You must be the only woman in the whole entire world who is immune to the Ashbrooke Effect," Olivia said. "Amazing. You are a medical marvel."
"First of all, the Ashbrooke Effect is not an actual medical condition," Emma lectured, after another sip of her drink. "Secondly, I refuse to believe it even exists at all."
"I suffer from it even thinking out him," Olivia said. "My heart is fluttering and my skin feels hot. I must be blushing all over."
"That's probably all the sherry you've been drinking," Emma remarked.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
"First of all, the Ashbrooke Effect is not an actual medical condition," Emma lectured, after another sip of her drink. "Secondly, I refuse to believe it even exists at all."
"I suffer from it even thinking out him," Olivia said. "My heart is fluttering and my skin feels hot. I must be blushing all over."
"That's probably all the sherry you've been drinking," Emma remarked.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
“I cannot believe we had to read it in the paper - when we are your dearest school friends!" Lady Abernathy said sweetly.
"Yes, we were so close," Emma replied, just as sweetly. "Like England and China."
Lady Abernathy paused to puzzle over that.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
"Yes, we were so close," Emma replied, just as sweetly. "Like England and China."
Lady Abernathy paused to puzzle over that.”
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“If we are not married by within three months time, we shall be the first batch of spinsters in the history of the school," Olivia said in a small voice. "No one has ever ended their fourth season unwed. Except for us."
(...)"In the one-hundred-year history of the school, it was bound to happen," Prudence said. "Mathematically speaking.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
(...)"In the one-hundred-year history of the school, it was bound to happen," Prudence said. "Mathematically speaking.”
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“Sometimes, you must play by the rules. If only so one can break them more effectively.”
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― The Wicked Wallflower
“Wealthy old woman + devious imagination - restraint = Aunt Agatha”
― The Wicked Wallflower
― The Wicked Wallflower
“When will your wedding be?"
"We haven't set a date yet."
"What of your dress?"
"I'm sure I shall wear one.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
"We haven't set a date yet."
"What of your dress?"
"I'm sure I shall wear one.”
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“I hardly have any names on my dance card," Emma said, slightly despairing. This was not how she imagined her debut.
"There are just four names on mine," Olivia said. "But I think the gentlemen only agreed to escape my mother. I really can't blame them.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
"There are just four names on mine," Olivia said. "But I think the gentlemen only agreed to escape my mother. I really can't blame them.”
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“Writing love letters was a blasted difficult thing to do, especially with the lady in question commenting on every line.”
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“You must have faith in the duke, and in true love."
She groaned. "Easy for you to say! You are not in a wedding dress laced so tightly as to make it impossible to breathe, uncertain if your groom will arrive before suffocating to death. Though perhaps that would be preferable to life after being jilted at the altar.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
She groaned. "Easy for you to say! You are not in a wedding dress laced so tightly as to make it impossible to breathe, uncertain if your groom will arrive before suffocating to death. Though perhaps that would be preferable to life after being jilted at the altar.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
“Perhaps I shall take my fortune and retire to the country and read novels where other characters must bother with these sorts of troubles.”
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― The Wicked Wallflower
“For you, Lady Copley, Lady Agatha wishes you to have her china set, since you complimented it."
Blake bit back laughter at Lady Copley's expression. She had loathed the china set, obviously, and only complimented it as part of the games. But Agatha had known how to discern the truth from the lies.”
― The Wicked Wallflower
Blake bit back laughter at Lady Copley's expression. She had loathed the china set, obviously, and only complimented it as part of the games. But Agatha had known how to discern the truth from the lies.”
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