“Since then her life had been peaceful and happy. She had allowed herself to be worshipped by that strangely captivating lover of hers, whose passionately willful temperament, tempered by that persistent, sunny gaiety, she had up to now only half… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny. — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
“They looked at me and asked me to be merciful; they did not command, they begged ... asking for the pity that lay dormant in my soul. And now I know that if those same eyes looked at me again and asked for every drop of my blood, if they asked me to bear death, torture, or even shame, I… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share
“... Mr Jellyband was indeed a typical rural John Bull of those days --- the days when our prejudiced insularity was at its height,… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
“She, at least, ought to have known that he was wearing a mask, and having found that out, she should have torn it from… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
“He made her laugh always made her taste a strange and exquisite bliss when he held her in his arms.” — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
music is the most absorbing of all the arts. It absorbs the mind of the artist, whether creator or executant, to the exclusion of… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
“Had he but turned back then, and looked out once more on to the rose-lit garden, she would have seen that which would have made her own sufferings seem but light and easy to bear--a strong man, overwhelmed with his own passion and despair. Pride had given way at last, obstinacy was gone: the will was powerless. He was but… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share
The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end. — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
