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> [“What do you hope for that you haven’t got? What can that child give you?’ There was a little silence. ‘A virgin audience for my riddles, I believe,’ said Lymond thoughtfully, at length. ‘But it certainly poses an ungallant question.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/what-do-you-hope-for-that-you-haven-t-got-what-can-that-child-give/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

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## More by Dorothy Dunnett

> [“I echo like a mynah, that’s why.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/i-echo-like-a-mynah-that-s-why/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“Haven't I been worth five years' excellent gossip to you? Are you not all waiting agog to see me seize my sister-in-law by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/haven-t-i-been-worth-five-years-excellent-gossip-to-you-are-you-not/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/where-are-the-links-of-the-chain-joining-us-to-the-past/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“Standing safely on the opposite bank with her dry maid, her dry escort, and a company of streaming horsemen, Philippa said scathingly, ‘That’s men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/standing-safely-on-the-opposite-bank-with-her-dry-maid-her-dry-escort/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“It wasna a man,’ said Andrew Kerr broadly. ‘T’was my aunty. I tellt ye. I’m no risking cauld steel in ma wame for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/it-wasna-a-man-said-andrew-kerr-broadly-t-was-my-aunty-i-tellt-ye-i-m/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“I don't like this war. I don't like the cold-blooded scheming at the beginning and the carnage at the end and the grumbling and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/i-don-t-like-this-war-i-don-t-like-the-cold-blooded-scheming-at-the/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“It is not easy for Brehons to decide concerning bees that have taken up their lodging in the trees of a noble dignitary; with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/it-is-not-easy-for-brehons-to-decide-concerning-bees-that-have-taken/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“Go away and bleed to death,’ said his onetime saviour sharply. ‘On behalf of the female sex I feel I may cheer every lesion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/go-away-and-bleed-to-death-said-his-onetime-saviour-sharply-on-behalf/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/lack-of-genius-never-held-anyone-back-only-time-wasted-on-resentment/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“What do you hope for that you haven’t got? What can that child give you?’ There was a little silence. ‘A virgin audience for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/what-do-you-hope-for-that-you-haven-t-got-what-can-that-child-give/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [Did I ever tell you,’ said Lymond pausing on the afterthought, on his way to the flap, ‘that that aunt of mine once hatched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/did-i-ever-tell-you-said-lymond-pausing-on-the-afterthought-on-his/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“Which reminds me -' 'The new ladies have arrived,' said Adam grimly. 'Guaranteed of clean stock, and inured to Russian practices. Osep has announced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/which-reminds-me-the-new-ladies-have-arrived-said-adam-grimly/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“So: ‘Why did you laugh?’ demanded Philippa, and shook Jerott’s hand off her arm. ‘Oh, that?’ said Lymond. ‘But, my dear child, the picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/so-why-did-you-laugh-demanded-philippa-and-shook-jerott-s-hand-off/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [It seems to me,’ said Philippa prosaically, ‘that on the whole we run more risks with Mr Crawford’s protection than without it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/it-seems-to-me-said-philippa-prosaically-that-on-the-whole-we-run/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

> [“Gabriel,’ said Jerott firmly, ‘is now at Birgu, Malta, engaged in a life-and-death struggle for the Grand Mastership of the Order of St John.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-dunnett/gabriel-said-jerott-firmly-is-now-at-birgu-malta-engaged-in-a-life/)

[Dorothy Dunnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-dunnett/)

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