The Moor's Last Sigh | Quotes

The Moor's Last Sigh Quotes

"Later, on the jetty, Belle was equally blunt about her findings, complaining bitterly to Camoens that he had not stood up for her. 'Your family home is like a place lost in a fog,' she told her fiancé. 'Where is the air to breathe? Somebody there is casting a spell and sucking life out of you and your poor Dad. As for your brother, who cares, poor type is a hopeless case. Hate me don't hate me but it is plain as the colours on your by-the-way-excuse-me too-horrible bush-shirt that a bad thing is growing quickly here.'" Part 1, Chapter 1, pg. 23.

"This, too, is part of my inheritance: the grave settles no quarrels." Part 1, Chapter 3, pg. 27.

"Aurora reached the top of the great staircase and saw that the chapel doors were open; the chapel itself was illuminated, and the light emanating from the doorway made...
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