"That didn't surprise me; any man with a grain of sense knows that marriage is the only way, these days, to acquire a full-time maid who works twenty-five hours a day, with no time off and no pay except room and board." Chapter 1, p. 5.

"Yet there were tantalizing references to another work by Riemenschneider, which had vanished during the turmoil of the revolt." Chapter 1, p. 14.

"I was caught by the sheer romance of it. Hidden treasures—lost masterpieces—castles—jewels—and those beautiful melancholy faces only Riemenschneider could carve." Chapter 1, p. 30.

"There are forces abroad in this place which are not good though they are not supernatural." Chapter 5, p. 100.

"The Countess Konstanze was definitely not in the crypt." Chapter 6, p. 104.

"I don't know why the old lady hates her so, but she's slowly driving her crazy." Chapter 6, p. 109.

"The old lady has the right...