“If you keep your head screwed on right in so doing, then your experience thus gained is most valuable in enabling you to gauge human beings and their ways. (Advice in letter from 8th Duke of Rutland, to his son later the 9th Duke.” AdviceHuman NatureDukeDuke Of Rutland Book:The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery Source: The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery
“In a note written shortly before her death, Violet had expressed the wish that her son should be the arbiter of what was left for history to judge of her life: 'He [John] may look and destroy, or keep everything.' she had instructed. The task had consumed him. From the moment she died, he had rarely emerged from the Muniment Rooms.” Family Secrets9th Duke Of RutlandBelvoir CastleGen Genealo Book:The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery Source: The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery
“To be able to say 'sorry' to a woman- a sister, or a mother, is a most helpful thing, whether sorry or not. Still, for the sake of peace and gentleness at home just 'Sorry''which doesn't bind you to anything---but it turns away wrath! And soreness! And is like sunshine and hurts no one.” ApologizingSaying Sorry Book:The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery Source: The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery