The Duke's Despair Quotes

“My reputation may not be pristine, Miss Ravenshaw, but I’ve never given anyone cause to doubt my honor.”
“I do not doubt your honor, my lord. It’s your sense of humor I’m finding chancy.”
― Colleen Ladd, The Duke's Despair

“Whites and pastels — colors suitable for a girl’s come-out, though not always suited to the girls coming out — eddied erratically around gowns in every brilliant hue ladies married, widowed or on the shelf could imagine, and a few they ought not have.”
― Colleen Ladd, The Duke's Despair