Lost Souls Quotes

“Then you may travel to Scarborough to live with our aunt. In spring, you turn five-and-twenty and may travel where you wish then.” “I am not five-and-twenty!” Caroline insisted. “I shall be two-and-twenty.” “Does time flow backwards at your command?” Hurst asked. “That is most convenient.”
― Martin Hunnicutt, Lost Souls: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“Mr. Bennet chose to remain silent – he cared little for events in the lives of his remaining daughters so long as they did not importune his leisure with books and port.”
― Martin Hunnicutt, Lost Souls: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“Watching her parents, Elizabeth sighed; her mother and father changed after Lydia’s elopement from Brighton. Her father ruled Longbourn with an iron fist and forbid any officer or gentlemen he did not know personally from setting foot on the estate, and Mrs. Bennet placated her husband with his favourite dishes at the table and curbed her tongue as much as possible.”
― Martin Hunnicutt, Lost Souls: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“Francis”
― Martin Hunnicutt, Lost Souls: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“Mamma, we shall sew the gowns ourselves,” replied Elizabeth, ignoring her mother’s glare.”
― Martin Hunnicutt, Lost Souls: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“And the high and mighty Lady Catherine de Burgh”
― Martin Hunnicutt, Lost Souls: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“Mrs. Bennet, Miss Lydia, is vulgar! Your excuses for her do not lend credit to our family’s future. Her words have me unsettled and I shall not remain for supper.”
― Martin Hunnicutt, Lost Souls: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“He turned to Mrs. Bennet and said, “Madam, I shall speak to Mr. Bennet regarding your youngest child. You must correct her behaviour and return her to the nursery. Her words are unkind by design and reflect poorly upon the Bennet name.”
― Martin Hunnicutt, Lost Souls: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“Thomas Bennet was not a kind man;”
― Martin Hunnicutt, Lost Souls: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“My sister’s wedding will be very crowded and as my fiancé, Jane’s presence is required,” Bingley stated as if that resolved all issues.”
― Martin Hunnicutt, Lost Souls: A Pride & Prejudice Variation