Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two Quotes

“But perhaps peace was not in a place but within one's self.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“A good book is like a good friend, do you know, Lacey? One you can turn to when the night is cold and you are lonely. And there is old Herodotus, standing ready to regale me with tales of his travels.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“The room was rather anonymous, with fashionable upholstered Sheraton chairs in a salmon-colored stripe and studded wood, salmon-colored swags on the windows, and cream silk on the walls. Nothing personal marred the room, as though the house’s inhabitants had ordered the furnishing to be as elegant yet innocuous as possible.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“He shook his head. “Not a bit of it. When I arrived, I was small and dark and ugly. The perfect quarry for every bully. And then, one day, I grew tired of it. I had discovered that sarcasm and wit could be far more effective than fists. The duller-brained the boy, the more others laughed at my bons mots. And so I became a nasty bit of goods in my own way, fighting with words where I could not fight with fists.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Others rioted simply because it focused their anger and disgust at something other than the tediousness of their lives.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“But the world turned, and it changed, and eventually all tyrants fell to become dust.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“will. You convey your exact thoughts, which is a reason people trust you. You never say one thing and think another.” “Many would call that rudeness.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“She ate with good manners, using the knife in the French way to push things onto her fork. She”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“The summer day had turned hot, and I was sweating by the time I reached Russel Street and turned again to Covent Garden.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“What bloody man is that, sir?” I tossed the paper in the grate, though there was no fire on this warm summer day. “Bartholomew, you are quoting from Macbeth, did you know? King Duncan in the first scene, which is ominous. He died rather horribly soon after.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“to the girl. “Ha’penny,” he muttered. To me, he said, “I know why your nose is so long, Cap’n. You use it to poke into business ’tisn’t yours.” “True.” I touched the”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Poetry can be tedious. Too many words to say a simple thing.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Love of money, he said, was the root of all evil. That was in the New Testament. In Saint Paul’s letters to Timothy, if one wanted to be precise.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“He shrugged. “I don’t know either. I can’t read Frog-speak.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Mrs. Bennington’s dramatic expression faded, and she made a face, much like a girl who has been given porridge when she expected thick ham.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“I also knew Grenville was a man easily bored.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Marianne had learned to live by her wits, and she took a severe and cynical view of the world.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Louisa had been right about one thing. Many gentlemen took mistresses after they were married. It seemed almost expected. Society marriages often occurred because two families wanted to increase their power or wealth. A poor aristocrat married a rich nabob’s daughter; the daughter of an impoverished baron married a wealthy merchant. Even better, wealthy nobility married each other.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Grenville, brandy glass in hand, cool sangfroid in place, greeted us with a nod. “Lord Gillis, may I present my friend, Captain Gabriel Lacey. Captain Lacey, Lord Gillis.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“You do not rush to obey those who seek to command you. Your independence makes people puzzle over you.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“I admired Grenville’s ability to brush aside bad encounters and continue serenely with his day, as though no one could possibly upset him. Perhaps he was practiced because he’d been raised to it, but I’d never learned the art of it, and doubted I ever would.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“My father tolerated no dramatics of any kind. I’m not certain which is more devilish uncomfortable—too many emotions or none at all.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“He was no doubt correct. “Greed is all-consuming,” I remarked.  He laughed. “You poor idiot. The day of the gentleman is over. Only those with money will matter, only those who can pay will command respect and attention. You are puffed with pride because of your so-called honor, but your honor will disappear. Wealth will become honor, and I will have all of it.” His smile widened. “You are not answering, Captain? What is the matter?”  My voice went cold and hard. “I have no wish to waste time lecturing you. You are a fool, and soon you will learn how much of a fool.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Greed can destroy so much,” Sir Montague nodded.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“I was torn between anger and amusement.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“stay. I nearly asked to see her again. Just to talk, I wanted to say. To talk to someone who enjoys listening.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Fletcher shrugged. “Science and mathematics are all the rage, you know. But who has time for good old Horace?”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“I reflected as I walked that I had come to Berkshire to find peace, and so far, it had eluded me. But perhaps peace was not in a place but within one’s self. In that case, I might never find it. There was little at peace inside Gabriel Lacey.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“A good book is like a good friend, do you know, Lacey? One you can turn to when the night is cold and you are lonely.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

“Things could crawl at you out of the dark and hurt you again and again. The past did not always stay dead.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two