Quotes from Anna Jacobs

Leopards don't change their spots

gentry could love one another just as ordinary people

brown eyes,

casual stall at the market?

noticing the occasional person who called

horrible.' 'He'll have got more than that. Don't forget he's taken his percentage first.' 'Oh, yes, of course. What shall we do with the money?' 'Keep

Dalton. We don't know where the others are. They were just behind us. I think we'd better wait for them.' 'I saw a cart pull out in front of them,' Sophie said. 'It'll have slowed them down.' Mr Lloyd looked round, frowning. 'No one's come to the door to check what we're

moment as the two men's gazes met, neither attempting

We'll work through it, you'll

continue, stared down at her feet. Her companion's

more interesting as they grow older, and I particularly want to keep an eye on them once they start their schooling.

that good looking – Astaire, his name was – but he was a brilliant

recover. He

Mary Barton,

Today the VAD 'girls' were

with several steep gables, and it took her several minutes to look at every

stand the sods up against a wall

wouldn't go to war

you how to make

of going back to her humdrum life, was far more frightening than the thought of marrying him.

There was a light in

disagreements were getting worse. He had been an annoying child, but he was an utterly infuriating adult. Half an hour later, she and the neighbour carried

and it can't wait.