Floote, what is going on? Do they think I am contagious? Should I assure them I was born with a nose this size?

Gail Carriger

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Who doesn’t want an exploding wicker chicken? by Gail Carriger

Who doesn’t want an exploding wicker chicken?

exploding chickens want

How was I to know idiocy was only a temporary condition, especially in your case? It never has been before!

idiocy cases knows

Lord Maccon was built like a brick outhouse, with opinions twice as unmoving and often equally full of crap.

bricks opinion lord

A vampire, like a lady, never reveals his true age. by Gail Carriger

A vampire, like a lady, never reveals his true age.

vampire age

Professor Braithwope, shimmering out of his room fully clothed and dapper. His mustache was a fluffy caterpillar of curiosity, perched and ready to inquire, dragging the vampire along behind it on the investigation.

mustache vampire curiosity

I'd rather be loyal than right. by Gail Carriger

I'd rather be loyal than right.

loyal

Miss Temminnick, you are in receipt of the highest marks we have ever given in a six-month review. Your mind seems designed for espionage. Nevertheless, you veer away from perfect in matters of etiquette. Do not let these marks go to your head; there are many girls at this school who are better than you. Our biggest concern is what you get up to when we are not watching. Because, if nothing else, this test has told us you are probably spying on us, as well as everyone around you.

girl perfect school

Sophronia was minding her own business and running late to luncheon, as was her custom. She'd let to learn the advantage of punctuality. As she told Sister Mattie the third time she was late to household potions and poisons, nothing interesting happened until after an event commenced.

events running interesting

I do not giggle without purpose. Lady Linette says you should nev... by Gail Carriger

I do not giggle without purpose. Lady Linette says you should never misapply a giggle.

giggle purpose should

There are words to describe her, my dear, but one does not repeat... by Gail Carriger

There are words to describe her, my dear, but one does not repeat them in polite company.

polite dear doe

Ivy waved her wet handkerchief, as much as to say 'words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress'. Then, because Ivy never settled for meaningful gestures when verbal embellishments could compound the effect, she said, "Words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress.

ivy meaningful profound

I love him so very much. As Romeo did Jugurtha, as Pyramid did Thirsty, as-" "Oh, please, no need to elaborate further," interjected Alexia, wincing. "But what would my family SAY to such a union?" "They would say that yours hats had leaked into your head," muttered Alexia, unheard under her breath.

i-love-him pyramids needs

Someone was trying to kill Lady Alexia Maccon. It was most inconvenient, as she was in a dreadful hurry. Given her previous familiarity with near-death experiences and their comparative frequency with regards to her good self, Alexia should probably have allowed extra time for such a predictable happenstance.

extra-time self trying

She was no closer to determining who might want her dead. There w... by Gail Carriger

She was no closer to determining who might want her dead. There were just too many possibilities.

possibility want might

What’s that?” she asked the girl, wrinkling her nose. “Oh, that? That’s just Pillover.” “And what’s a pillover, when it’s at home?” “My little brother.” “Ah, I commiserate. I have several of my own. Dashed inconvenient, brothers.

girl brother home

The door was locked and Alexia, resourceful as she was, had not yet learned to pick locks. Though she mentally added it to her list of useful skills she needed to acquire along with hand-to-hand combat and the recipe for pesto. If her life were to continue on its present track which after 26 years of obscurity, now seemed to mainly involve people trying to kill her, it would appear that acquiring a less savory skill set might be necessary. Although she supposed pesto making ought to be termed 'more savory'.

doors hands years

He dinna act like an Alpha." "He does in some areas. by Gail Carriger

He dinna act like an Alpha." "He does in some areas.

alphas areas doe

Biffy said, off the cuff, "Or we could find a replacement queen." "Volunteering for the position?" "Why, Professor, is that wittiness I detect?" "Only for you." "Charmer." Biffy tapped him on the arm playfully.

cuffs volunteer queens

I believe there is a considerable range in the bang of most guns. by Gail Carriger

I believe there is a considerable range in the bang of most guns.

bangs gun believe

The bowl landed, in glorious perfection, atop the head of Mrs Barnaclegoose, who was not the kind of woman to appreciate the finer points of being crowned by trifle.

appreciate kind perfection