In the Blue Room, Cora Cash was trying to concentrate on her book. Cora found most novels hard to sympathise with — all those plain governesses — but this one had much to recommend it....

…when I see you here amidst all this, I realise that I proposed to a very small part of you. I thought I was giving you a home and a position, but here I see...

… anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away.

I told you, you’re my black pearl. When i first set eyes on you in the servant’s hall I thought you were the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life.