As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.
You’re only a man! You’ve not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!
It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.
Randall laid his hand on Stella’s, but only to remove it from his sleeve. “My precious, you really must have some regard for my clothes,” he said with gentle reproach. “Much as I love you, I cannot permit you to maul this particular coat.
My house seems remarkably full of people,” he observed. “Is it possible we were expected.