Who Buries the Dead Quotes

“And I’ve found the perfect name for you,” she told the cat. “It precisely captures your charming blend of arrogance and aloofness—and your impressive handsomeness, of course.” “Oh? What’s that?” “Mr. Darcy.” Sebastian shook his head. “I don’t understand.” She let the cat go and smiled as he jumped down in disgust. “Then you must read the book.”
― C.S. Harris, Who Buries the Dead

“I reckon it was a Frenchman,” said Tom, who had a profound suspicion of foreigners in general and the French in particular. “They’re always cuttin’ off folks’ ’eads.”
― C.S. Harris, Who Buries the Dead

“A clatter of hooves and the rattle of carriage wheels over granite paving stones carried clearly in the stillness of the night.”
― C.S. Harris, Who Buries the Dead

“Lord Mansfield’s famous decision in the 1772 Somersett case is generally considered to have essentially ended chattel slavery in England and Wales, although emancipation came gradually enough that advertisements for “runaway slaves” were still occasionally seen into the late 1780s. The decision did not apply to Scotland, where colliers and salters were still held in conditions of slavery until 1799.”
― C.S. Harris, Who Buries the Dead