A Gentleman in Possession of Secrets Quotes

“For every family rejoicing in Wellington’s victory, other families must mourn the cost of his triumph. I don’t know how our former soldiers stand it, now that so many of them are left to beg in the streets. They were heroes, if you believe the press. What sort of nation leaves her heroes starving under Parliament’s nose?”
― Grace Burrowes, A Gentleman in Possession of Secrets

“The poor laws were outdated, everyone agreed on that much, and the poor were growing in number. Given the passage of the Corn Laws, with their relentless import tariffs, those numbers would doubtless grow yet faster in years to come,”
― Grace Burrowes, A Gentleman in Possession of Secrets

“hungry staff worked neither happily nor efficiently.”
― Grace Burrowes, A Gentleman in Possession of Secrets

“don’t know how our former soldiers stand it, now that so many of them are left to beg in the streets. They were heroes, if you believe the press. What sort of nation leaves her heroes starving under Parliament’s nose?”
― Grace Burrowes, A Gentleman in Possession of Secrets

“Throw open the windows of your soul to the sun.”
― Grace Burrowes, A Gentleman in Possession of Secrets