"The Marquis believed himself to be hardened against……" — Georgette Heyer

"The Marquis believed himself to be hardened against flattery. He thought that he had experienced every variety, but he discovered that he was mistaken: the blatantly worshipful look in the eyes of a twelve-year-old, anxiously raised to his, was new to him, and it pierced his defences."

Georgette Heyer

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