The Diamond of Drury Lane Quotes

“You are the bravest girl I've ever met, Miss Royal. I admire your courage.'
I met her gaze and saw that she was not looking at me as the scruffly commoner, but as the heroine of my own take. As her equal.
'Please call me Cat,' I said. 'All my friends do.'
She smiled. 'Yes, I'd like that. And call me Lizzie.”
― Julia Golding, The Diamond of Drury Lane

“Reader, you are set to embark on an adventure about one hidden treasure, two bare-knuckle boxers, three enemies and four hundred and eighty-three rioters. It is told by an ignorant and prejudiced author - me.”
― Julia Golding, The Diamond of Drury Lane

“Anyone would think to hear you two that I enjoyed it!'
'And didn't you?' probed Johnny with a pained smile as the cab went into a pothole. 'Didn't you enjoy outwitting him?'
'Just a little, a very little,' I admitted, unable to keep a huge grin from my face.”
― Julia Golding, The Diamond of Drury Lane

“Clothead!... Fool!' (You see that I was brought up in the politest society and know how to introduce myself to a gentleman in the most agreeable way.)”
― Julia Golding, The Diamond of Drury Lane