"The D’Ascoynes certainly appeared to have accorded with the tradition of the landed gentry and sent the fool of the f…"

"[Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne has been killed while sailing a hot-air balloon over London.] I shot an arrow in the air; she …"

"While I never admired Edith as much as when I was with Sibella, I never longed for Sibella as much as when I was with…"

"The Reverend Lord Henry was not one of those newfangled parsons who carry the principles of their vocation uncomforta…"

"It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms."

"The next morning I went out shooting with Ethelred—or rather, to watch Ethelred shooting; for my principles will not …"

"I always say that my west window has all the exuberance of Chaucer without, happily, any of the concomitant crudities…"

"Dennis Price — Louis Mazzini"

"Joan Greenwood — Sibella Holland"

"Miles Malleson — Mr. Elliot The Hangman"