The Hidden Child Quotes

“He's never believed in fate. But it seems he was wrong.  His two worlds are colliding as though they were meant to all along, and he has been powerless to stop them. He has done a terrible wrong and this, in the end, is how he is to be punished”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“Mabel grips Eleanor's arm tight as the bowl fast along the country lane, Dilly's hooves kicking dust into sultry July air. Limbs of the trees which stand like sentries beside the lane reach out and curl above them, joining like the high arches of a cathedral to form a cool green canopy, shading the little pony and trap and its occupants from the fierce heat of the afternoon sun.”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“Mon Dieu, I don't. But I know something of the human condition. And that, my friend, is to ignore the mess we make of things and to merely hope everything will somehow turn out OK in the end. But for sure it never does”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“Lies have a habit of catching up with people, you know." She stares at him, unblinking, then, through lips stretched thin, she says, "The truth, Edward, is a platform that will never let you down." With that she turns and slams her way out of the room, leaving Edward staring after her, his drink resting in one hand”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“This is his life's work, not Eleanor's, and sometimes things must be done for the sake of the greater good. A little bit of tweaking of the data to prove what they all know is correct isn't so wrong, is it?”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“People treated Edward differently when they considered him to be brave and worthy and he wallowed in their respect. For the first time in his life, he mattered”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“So, if we are no longer allowed to see Mabel, and we must keep her very existence quiet for fear of her whereabouts being discovered, why don't we simply imagine she is dead/ She may as well be.' Her words shatter inside him like a pane of glass. Dead. Mabel, dead, in all respects but fact. She is not in their lives any more, nor is she ever likely to be again, however much he dresses that up now. Eleanor has put into words what they both know, but he has been too cowardly to say, or even think. The sooner they both accept this, he supposes, the better.”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“But do we ever really know someone, Rose?" Eleanor asks through her wash of tears. "Even those closest to us, we only know the part they choose to reveal. I'm not sure we can ever truly know a person.”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“But the truth of it is that home, Brook End, is too full of pain to be the sanctuary it once was. And Edward is better at running, than facing his problems”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“All I can say is, marrying for money, or title - or both - is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be. Rose's happiness should also count for something”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“Lord Henry Grant-Parker jumps down from the car and walks languidly around to open the driver's door for his wife. He has an easy grace, a birthright, like all of those of his class, suave sophistication and certainty of their own superiority being served up alongside their morning milk”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child

“But still... Edward carries the whiff of new money about him, something the Americans rejoice in, but the English aristocracy regard with varying degrees of disdain and suspicion”
― Louise Fein, The Hidden Child