Georgette Heyer, The Talisman Ring

"But it is infamous that they have not told you!’ declared Eustacie. ‘Je n’en reviendrai jamais!’‘If it’s all the same to you, miss, I’d just as soon you’d talk in a Christian language,’ said Mr. Stubbs."

Georgette Heyer, The Talisman Ring

"You would more probably have gone to the guillotine,' replied Sir Tristram, depressingly matter of"

Georgette Heyer, The Talisman Ring

"Them Frenchies!’ ‘Unchristian, that’s what I call ’em,’ responded Mr. Stubbs severely. ‘I fair compassionate that wench."

Georgette Heyer, The Talisman Ring

"He was not at the moment in very good odour at Bow Street. Such epithets as Blockhead and Blunderer had been used in connection with his last case. 'Jeremiah Stubbs, miss,’ said the Runner. ‘I am here in the execution of my dooty."

Georgette Heyer, The Talisman Ring