Quote by Wilkie Collins

“And if Magdalen was waiting for her at the balcony, then she must already be with Lord Thornbeck. A pang of jealousy attacked her…

— Melanie Dickerson

“Louisa beheld the grounds and house with the calm pleasure of one who has seen nothing, been nowhere, expects everything, and has little imagination.”

— Tanith Lee

“Magdalen's eyes were wide and her mouth hung open. She was so sweet and beautiful. She would make a wonderful margrave's wife. Avelina had…

— Melanie Dickerson

“But squeezing her eyes tighter, she concentrated not on her fear but on his expression . . . his eyes . . . his…

— Melanie Dickerson

“... the vacuum left by the departing visitor seemed to echo along the hallway and into the walls. It was at those times, when…

— Jacqueline Winspear

“Louisa went about her duties at the hospital, trying not to dwell on the fact that this might be her last day alive.”

— David Healey

“They had no curiousity about him at all. As if they knew all that they needed to know. They stood and watched him pass…

— Cormac McCarthy

“Lady Constance swept into the room as giddy and foolish as ever. To look at her, you would think that nothing unpleasant had ever…

— Maryrose Wood

“As soon as they were gone, Elizabeth walked out to recover her spirits; or in other words, to dwell without interruption on those subjects…

— Jane Austen

“I continued up the stairs, this time on wings, suspecting for the first time that Louisa's book might outlive us all. ”

— Patricia O'Brien

Au contraire..." "What?" Constance demanded. Curtain blinked. ~ The Perilous Journey

— Trenton Lee Stewart

“But Lady Louisa was…inoffensive, almost invisible really. The perfect wife for a man like him. Murdo”

— Joanna Chambers