The Orphan Quotes

“Which is not the way to win my favour,” Evie said severely. “How could I approve of a man so wildly extravagant?” “What should a man do, then, to win your hand?” Aunt Bradbrook said. “Would you favour a more practical gift — a bolt of flannel, perhaps, for your winter nightgowns, or a chaldron of coal?” “Tallow candles!” Uncle Bradbrook put in. “Very economical.”
― Mary Kingswood, The Orphan

“And your eyes — we had curtains that colour once at the parsonage.” He shook with laughter. “Touché, Miss Parfitt. Curtains!” “We had a sofa to match,” she added kindly. And so it was that they arrived at the village in fits of giggles, and quite unable to explain the joke to the others.”
― Mary Kingswood, The Orphan