Margaret Leigh

Father Quixote replied to the image which he watched in the glass. If he was to be shot he preferred the back of the neck to the face, for the face in its way is the mirror image of God.

The guitarist and I had a funny rapport, the kind of rapport that turns into you-know-what. The L-word.

The preposterousness of the notion that he could at once set up a satisfactory establishment as a married man was a sufficient guarantee against danger. This play at being a little in love was agreeable, and did not interfere with graver pursuits. Flirtation, after all, was not necessarily a singeing process. Rosamond, for her part, had never

A recent survey suggests that the production of iron, from bloomeries in the Forest of Dean and the Weald of Kent, or through the scavenging and recycling of Roman material, might have formed a valuable bulk cargo traded along the Thames and across the Channel.

Exploration is how you discover what works.

Persistence is how you make the most of what already works.

What does your situation require? More exploration or more persistence?

ladies’ avoidance of rain was due to the delicate nature of women’s gowns and shoes. The latter were thin, light slippers that barely extended above the ground (for a picture, see this illustration). Just after this era, and therefore too late for these characters, a so-called half boot that reached as high as the ankles and consisted of sturdier

What would you know about any of this ? What have you ever lost ? You’ve never lost anything !’ We didn’t understand, so Borja laughed. I thought, ‘Have I lost something ? I don’t know. I only know I haven’t found anything.’

tu cherches à corrompre mon paresseux

A guinea is a coin worth a pound and a shilling, or 11⁄20 pounds. It was often used to name the price of specific items, whereas pounds were used to denote large, round sums of money.