Miss Dalrymple's Virtue Quotes

“What do you say to furthering our cousinly relationship by a drive in the Park this afternoon?”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“I recall how I suspected at the time that my young friend was indulging in her first bout of calf love.”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“...Great-Uncle Powell, an archaeologist, had spent most of his time digging about in foreign parts.”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“I believe that books must go through a fairly slow birthing process...”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“It's a simple domestic tale, about a girl who has problems getting married, and how she deals with her relations and friends. Miss Dalrymple has quite an eye for character; I'd swear some of her people must be drawn from life, and it's no wonder she wants to remain anonymous.”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“...it would seem that whoever did write this book knows you very well. You appear in it, sir. As...as the hero.”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“It might not be so unpleasant, you know, to do me one or two favours in exchange for becoming a famous authoress.”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“...ever since she had read the girl's novel, a piece of artistry that struck her as wish-fulfilment at its most blatant...”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“The real world isn't like one of those lending library novels that you ladies read--and write--so avidly.”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“Was tomorrow going to see the end of her long-guarded virginity?”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“Really, the insufferable conceit of the man. How dared he have the unutterable gall to know how her knees weakened at the sight of him, how she felt full of life and spirit when he was with her, how his very touch sent fire coursing through her veins in a way she hadn't known existed outside the pages of lending-library novels!”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue

“I swear, Papa, I'd give my virtue if it would get my novels published,' she exclaimed in vexation. 'I'm certain we've tried everything else.”
― Margaret Westhaven, Miss Dalrymple's Virtue