Beauty is more a danger than intelligence or wit. One becomes a living mirror for the inadequacies of others.

When they find what they don’t like , they destroy it. Because it scares them-and you girls would scare them as much as anything they’ve ever seen.’ ‘Why?’ asked Isobel. ‘Because . . . because...

First you say I am a murderer – an agent in league against you – and now I am a deluded heartsick girl! Pray make up your mind so I can scoff at you with...