Quote by Elisa Braden

“ “Have a care, my dear. Others may dabble. I wage war.” —The Dowager Marchioness of Wallingham to the Duchess of Rutland upon her…

— Elisa Braden

“The next visit I paid to Nancy Brown was in the second week in March: for, though I had many spare minutes during the…

— Anne Brontë

“At the heart of the crowd walked a girl with merry eyes, a floating violet in a sea of cut-velvet and silk hose, cloth-of-silver…

— Katherine Arden

“At last, liveried in the costume of the age, reality entered the room in the shape of a servant to tell the duchess that…

— Oscar Wilde

“Lady Middleton piqued herself upon the elegance and extravagance of her table, and all her domestic arrangements; she loved to surprise English visitors with…

— Ben H. Winters

“Meanwhile, the travellers pursued their journey; Emily making frequent efforts to appear cheerful, and too often relapsing into silence and dejection. Madame Cheron, attributing…

— Eliza Parsons

“I didn't think there was anything shocking in there, but I could have been wrong. I was imagining May reading it over and over…

— Kiera Cass

“You picked the lock.” The king was staring at her again. “Yes, Your Majesty.” He suddenly burst out laughing, then nodded. He leaned forward,…

— Melanie Dickerson

“Before their chaise drew to a complete halt in front of the house a door was already being flung open, and a tall, stocky…

— Judith McNaught

“She has followed me into every single room in this palace, and then she followed Anne Neville when she was her lady-in-waiting, too. She…

— Philippa Gregory

“I am leaving in the morning Lady Grantham. I doubt we will meet again.” Sir Richard “Do you promise?” Dowager Countess Violet”

— Dowager Countess Violet Grantham

“I am not convinced absence makes the heart grow fonder. Perhaps we should test the veracity of this axiom more thoroughly, you and I.”…

— Elisa Braden