
Lady Audley's Secret

may walk unconsciously in an atmosphere of crime, and breathe none the less freely. I believe that we may look into the smiling face of a murderer, and admire its tranquil beauty.”
Mary Elizabeth Braddon • Lady Audley's Secret
What a wonderful solution to life’s enigma there is in petticoat government!
Mary Elizabeth Braddon • Lady Audley's Secret
will be able to commit no more. If you were to dig a grave for her in the nearest churchyard and bury her alive in it, you could not more safely shut her from the world and all worldly
Mary Elizabeth Braddon • Lady Audley's Secret
We want to root up gigantic trees in a primeval forest, and to tear their huge branches
Mary Elizabeth Braddon • Lady Audley's Secret
“I recognize the power of a
Mary Elizabeth Braddon • Lady Audley's Secret
To call them the weaker sex is to utter a hideous mockery.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon • Lady Audley's Secret
mind superior to my own, and I yield to it, and bow down to it.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon • Lady Audley's Secret
Do you want to drive me mad? Do you know what it is to wrestle with a mad-woman? No,” cried my lady, with a laugh, “you do not, or you would never—”