The Paid Companion Quotes
"They’ll be fortunate to get ten miles in this storm."
"The ideal companion is a well-bred and well-educated lady."
"It makes them suitably grateful for whatever employment is offered."
"I am told that I look just like her when she was my age."
"I am not the one who failed those interviews. The prospective employers failed them."
"One would naturally go to an agency that supplies companions."
"I could see immediately that it would have been highly unlikely that I would have been able to collect my fees."
"But very late that night, after most of the wine in the bottle was gone, it came to her that she was now free in a way she had never been before."
"She would not have to marry. After all, there was no one left to care if she ruined her good name."
"The one who had come before him had been forced to abandon the glorious project."
"The sound of his voice, dark, chilled, controlled and seemingly emanating from the gloom behind her, unnerved Elenora."
"I have made my fortune through various investments. I have some skill when it comes to business."
"Work that nature had intended to be pleasurable had become, well, work."
"Fortune had been with him. Seven months ago he had found his present position here in the mansion in Rain Street."
"Over the course of his career, he had discovered that there was often a very good market for information about his employers’ secrets."
"Fortunately, looks do not have that effect upon me. At least, Burnley’s do not."
"Such intense single-mindedness could be a decidedly irksome trait at times."
"Arthur turned the page. 'Nothing of importance. What do you have on your schedule for today?'"
"He glanced at his watch. It was nearly dawn. He walked through the laboratory, turning down the lamps."
"A turn on the dance floor with him will draw a good deal of attention."
"It was all a part of his great destiny, he thought."
"A man of logic and reason, sir. If you are considering a theory, however bizarre, I suspect there is some serious foundation for it."
"I suppose I just assumed a lady who had been married for fourteen years would know how to handle that sort of thing."
"As undeniably brilliant as Mercury was, he was also showing signs of mental instability."
"It was a very clever move on your part," he said. "I congratulate you on your quick thinking."
"I see no reason to offer again what has already been rejected once."
"You must not blame Bess. I had a very long talk with her a short time ago. She loves you with all her heart, and she would have kept your secret if she thought I meant you harm."
"You forget that I’ve known you for years, Watt. I am well aware that you aren’t the type to turn violent."
"It was the least I could do. Did Ormesby arrange for a pension for you?"
"I was obliged to pack my personal things under the eye of the Runner who had been brought along to oversee the eviction."
"She’s an honest girl, though. I suppose it was too much to ask her to lie for me, especially to you, sir."
"The mistake was not letting you go several months ago, Ibbitts."
"I would take it as a kindness if you would refrain from pointing out the error of my ways."
"It was young Sally who overheard you, sir, and came straight to me with the news that Miss Lodge was merely a paid employee."
"You are no mouse," she managed weakly. "You are teasing me."
"Do not run," he said to Hitchins. "But for God's sake, do not dawdle."
"I must admit, I have never had occasion to consider what would be required in an elopement," she replied cheerfully.
"We must talk," he had said, tossing his black domino across the back of a chair.
"Ibbitts is dead." He dropped down onto the seat across from her. "Murdered."
"That is a matter of opinion," he said. "Who do you think was responsible for working out every damned detail of the plan for that elopement?"
"It is quite unnecessary to escort me back to Rain Street before you talk to Ibbitts," Elenora said quickly.
"She’s got a point, sir," Hitchins offered helpfully.
"Elenora." His face was taut with an emotion that might have been anger. "Why didn’t you tell me?"
"If you think of anything that might assist me in this investigation, I would very much appreciate it if you would send word immediately, no matter what the time, day or night."
"I think that she was very much in love with one of the members of Society of the Stones."
"I had not noticed the locket, but I was certainly aware of the fact that her ladyship was concealing some information."
"We shall likely perish of thirst before he returns."
"The stakes of this game are very high, after all."
"She was a good man, and I came to care for him in time."
"The sight of the St. Merryn carriage parked in the street outside Lady Wilmington’s front door was the first indication that this amusing game of wits that he had begun playing with his opponent had taken a nasty, unplanned turn."
"I must say, you are right about this crowd. It really is quite a crush tonight."
"She bent down slightly, watching as he yanked out another straggly green weed. 'Did you hear me?'"
"The gardener produced a pistol from behind the leather apron and aimed it at her heart."
"Suddenly she remembered that Sally had not been in her room. Fear and a great fury raged through her."
"‘Are you mad, sir?’ Elenora asked without stopping to consider her words."
"Whatever her intentions, I was able to escape within a matter of hours. Why, I was back here in London in time to proceed with my plans last night."
"It was indeed. You do have a very attractive neck, Miss Lodge."
"‘Murder was only the beginning, Miss Lodge.’ He moved his hand slowly, lovingly along a part of the machine that resembled the long barrel of a rifle."
"No offense, but after having posed as St. Merryn’s fiancée and having been perceived to be on rather intimate terms with him, you will never be able to show your face in Polite Circles again unless you and he are wed."
"You mean when he set out to find the man who killed his great-uncle?"
"Loving you makes me the happiest man in the world."