Next day Quote by Jasper Fforde

I believe the defining moment was when certain persons, who shall remain nameless, objected to my fuchsia silk striped waistcoat. I loved that waistcoat.…

— Gail Carriger

“Good manners forced her to say, somewhat grudgingly, "Your boots are very nice." He grinned and regarded his footwear, which, though old, appeared very…

— Julia Quinn

“As long as your father's alive, you aren't yet the duchess. All that deference isn't truly warranted, is it?" In an oppressive tone, Lady…

— Christina Dodd

“Do we throw off the false 'cloak' at a party, or do we merely put on an untruthful yellow dress?”

— Jeremy Hawthorn

“My dear, dear ladies,” Sir Francis effused as he hastened forward, “what a long-awaited delight this is!” Courtesy demanded that he acknowledge the older…

— Judith McNaught

“Your butler informed me you were here. I thought-that is, I wondered how things were going.” “And since my butler didn’t know,” Ian concluded…

— Judith McNaught

“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

“Would you be willing to tell me how the ladies came to be here? I mean, who are they?” Ian drew a long, impatient…

— Judith McNaught

Here was my first lesson on the resolutely maintained untidiness and ill-health of the English upper orders. In baggy evening dress and old before…

— Clive James

“As the eyes of the assembled Folk fell upon me, I realized that I had forgotten to change back into my queenly attire. I…

— Heather Fawcett

“My Aunt Dahlia, who runs a woman's paper called Milady's Boudoir, had recently backed me into a corner and made me promise to write…

— Wodehouse

“Your dress is perfectly clean,” he said. “Or are you brushing off the contamination? If so, you’re working on the wrong place. I never…

— Loretta Chase