The Mitford Murders Quotes

“Farve says there’s a shortage of men, anyhow. Perhaps we shan’t ever marry and we’ll be the “surplus women” they’re always worrying about in the newspapers. We shall wear thick worsted stockings and glasses, and grow our own vegetables. We could read books all day long and never dress for dinner, like the O’Malley sisters.’ ‘Perhaps,’ said Louisa, smiling. It really didn’t sound so bad.”
― Jessica Fellowes, The Mitford Murders

“They’d looked forward to a post-war life for so long, only to find that nothing could be returned to the way it was before.”
― Jessica Fellowes, The Mitford Murders

“June in the Cotswolds continued to astonish her with its unfolding beauty. After the exploding colours and scents of May, intoxicating with its blossom and the constant singing of birds, June’s long, still days, with bees diving into the bowed heads of the heavy roses, made her feel as if she could lie down in the grass and disappear like Alice into Wonderland.”
― Jessica Fellowes, The Mitford Murders