Sublime

about yourself.” Miss Benson had the power, which some people have, of carrying her wishes through to their fulfilment; her will was strong, her sense was excellent, and people yielded to her—they did not know why.

Alice, like their grandmother, had a strong distaste for life’s inevitable gray areas.

It would be easier to see her living in a gingerbread house than a convent.

A woman in her eighties is a sage. She is dignity and wisdom. She inspires the world. She has gravitas. She is elegant.

For me, Willie’s recall from death is, and will always be, Mrs Dempster’s second miracle.

She was love.

She has the cunning of madness, with the prudence of intelligence. I will tell you what she is, Mr. Audley. She is dangerous!”