My lady, I want to know your secret.Robert Audley
Whoever has once suffered, as I suffered in that terrible September evening, can never again be careless of life. I value my life, my lady, because there are wretched and helpless creatures whose very existence depends upon it.George Talboys
Secrets are heavy things, and no woman is strong enough to bear the weight of a life-long secret. It is sure to tell upon her in some way or other.Mrs. Vincent
Money is the magician's wand by which he may command any one of the spirits that range at will over the face of creation.M. E. Braddon
A criminal is a creature with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.M. E. Braddon
Women are always ready to believe anything against one of their own sex.Lady Audley
My lady, there are dark shadows on your life before that hour — there have been black shadows on your pathway since; but with the confession of that one blot, I believe in your redemption.Robert Audley
Wilson, listen to the fell purpose that I have slowly devised for this schemer and traitor. I will murder him!Lady Audley
I hate women. They're all so keen and so quiet. They're always on the watch.Sir Michael Audley
I think that to degrade my husband in his own estimation would be worse to him than my death be.Lady Audley
All she does is to shudder with horror at the terrible calamity which fell upon her in the hour of her prosperity, and to thank God for her late escape from the jaws of everyday life.M. E. Braddon