The Duke's Holiday Quotes

“It is one thing to read scandalous verse, quite another to disguise it behind lofty pretension.”
― Maggie Fenton, The Duke's Holiday

“The Honeywell girls knew Latin and Greek, European languages and history, philosophy and economics, and even a smattering of biology (scandalous indeed). Alice, Astrid’s younger sister by three years, excelled at maths, of all things, and helped Astrid keep the estate books in order. Ardyce and Antonia, the two youngest, liked to chatter to each other in ancient Greek and reenact scenes from Homeric epics in the stable yard. Astrid, unsurprisingly, enjoyed spouting political theory the most, and had firm opinions on the matter of women’s place in society. She was a bluestocking and proud of it.”
― Maggie Fenton, The Duke's Holiday

“They walked for some time without encountering anything more intelligent than a flock of geese crossing the road and a pair of cows napping in the sun. It was well past noon when Montford”
― Maggie Fenton, The Duke's Holiday

“shoulders”
― Maggie Fenton, The Duke's Holiday

“her with an intensity that made her want to squirm. Now that the challenge was issued, she wished she could take it back. He had goaded her into it, and though she was confident of her ability to beat him astride, she was on a damned sidesaddle. And the way he handled Cyril gave her pause. The normally high-spirited gelding followed the duke’s direction with uncommon meekness. Montford”
― Maggie Fenton, The Duke's Holiday

“Not now. Ye bought yerself”
― Maggie Fenton, The Duke's Holiday