“I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society." "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one.” DoeSeemsOpinionOne ThingDemandPerfectionIllCharmApprovalAttainmentMonstrous Author:Baroness Orczy
“It does seem simple, doesn't it?' she said, with a final bitter attempt at flippancy, 'when you want to kill a chicken...you take hold of it...then you wring its neck...it's only the chicken who does not find it quite so simple. Now you hold a knife at my throat, and a hostage for my obedience...You find it simple...I don't” WantDoeSaidSeemsSimpleFinalsBitterObedienceNecksChickensThroatKnivesHostage Book:The Scarlet Pimpernel Source: The Scarlet Pimpernel