Past Crimes Quotes

“to wearing secondhand clothes and enjoying brandy gifted to us by a wealthy acquaintance. Out of place, wondering how this came to be, and not knowing what to do with ourselves.”
― Ashley Gardner, Past Crimes: A Compendium of Historical Mysteries

“When I was in a traveling company, we slept seven or eight to a bed such as this, too tired to do anything but snore.”
― Ashley Gardner, Past Crimes: A Compendium of Historical Mysteries

“But I am an aristocrat and have the excuse of being removed from my fellow beings. You must strive to be utterly respectable, and yet, you do not always bother. I believe that is why I like you.”
― Ashley Gardner, Past Crimes: A Compendium of Historical Mysteries

“Some of us were born to work and others to keep the devil amused.”
― Ashley Gardner, Past Crimes: A Compendium of Historical Mysteries