The Great Escape Quotes

“It was like a fairy-tale house, grander than anything they had ever seen, and the sight of so many turrets and windows overwhelmed them. When Tumtum showed them inside they were even more astonished. For the gerbils had lived all their lives in one room—and the cage hadn’t been much of a room at that. But the Nutmouses had dozens of rooms, all stuffed with treasures. Wherever one looked, there were chandeliers, tapestries, pretty vases, silver candlesticks, and gilt mirrors. There was even a grand piano.”
― Emily Bearn, Tumtum & Nutmeg: The Great Escape: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall

“And meanwhile Nutmeg set about rustling up a celebratory feast from the odds and ends in her pantry. She made a salmon mousse, a saffron risotto, a fish pie, a hash, a cockroach roulade, a trifle, a chocolate mousse, and a sponge pudding with a jug of hot molasses sauce to pour on top. By the time she’d finished it was getting dark, so she served the meal by candlelight in the banqueting room. And she laid the table with all her best silver and crockery and damask table napkins.”
― Emily Bearn, Tumtum & Nutmeg: The Great Escape: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall