“She, at least, ought to have known that he was wearing a mask, and having found that out, she should have torn it from his face, whenever they were alone together…Her love for him had been paltry and weak, easily… — 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… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end. — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
