Beastly of him to die before you realized he might be fascinating.

You do know, I hope, that no man under the age of forty can even approach fascinating.

I shall be forever grateful to you for breaking whatever unfortunate object you did in order to rescue me.”

“Something had to be done, she said, “and it was a very ugly vase.

You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.

At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented.

An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense.