“Even then his thoughts did not turn to prayer but to Abbie and to what she would think about his lack of prayerfulness and that surely she would have immediately broken out in prayer. Doesnt matter...”

“These were not the belongings of the past prisoner he had imagined. These were a ladys thingshairpins and stockings and a glove. There were more clues waiting but William no longer felt certain he ...”

“And Mother, I love her dearly, but she flies into a panic whenever I mention womens rights. As she sees it, it will be so much more difficult to marry me off if I am not only of a weak constitution...”

“I can see how your mother would have a point. Having a debate with a politically minded woman can be intriguing and even entertaining but to share a house with her and have her always campaigning a...”

“I came from across the ocean and through the wilderness and landed here and found you hiding behind a tapestry. My fate was sealed at the sight of your stockinged feet.~Viktor von Strassenberg”

“I just want to make sure Mama. Sometimes I dont even know what I want. A lot of times Im just tired. Mama reached up and smoothed Lizas curls away from her face. Well darlin, thats the sign of a li...”

“Some ghosts are so quiet you would hardly know they were there.”

“Poetry and visions, springing as they do from an ever-present sense of mortality, might easily appear morbid to the sturdycommon sense of a burgher-class in the making.”

“You see the world in colors,I see in Black and Red.”

“These were not the belongings of the past prisoner he had imagined. These were a ladys thingshairpins and stockings and a glove. There were more clues waiting but William no longer felt certain he ...”

“And if you ever - and I do mean ever - try to leave me, Im goin with you.”

“..he wanted her.And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.”

“Annabelle gave him a chiding smile. If youre implying that Im spoiled, I assure you that I am not.You should be. His warm gaze slid over her pink-tinted face and slender upper body, then sought her...”