He gave her a sly, sideways look. "Did youbring it?"" My list? Heavens, no. What can you be thinking?" His smile widened. "I brought mine." Daphne gasped. "You didn't! "" I did. Just to torture Mother. I'm going peruse it right in front of her, pull out my quizzing glass–"" You don't have a quizzing glass." He grinned–the slow, devastatingly wicked smile that all Bridgerton males seemed to possess. "I bought one just for this occasion."" Anthony, you absolutely cannot. She will kill you. And then, somehow, she'll find a way to blame me."" I'm counting on it. .Julia Quinn
About This Quote
In this quote from "Mr. Bridgerton's Daughters," the author, Julia Quinn, uses a paradox to explain how a young man can be clever and clever at the same time. In this particular scene, Anthony is teasing his mother, Lady Bridgerton, about his ability to get away with things that others cannot. He is also teasing her about her assumption that she knows everything there is to know about him.
In fact, he gives her a sly, sideways look. "Did you bring it?""My list? Heavens, no. What can you be thinking?"His smile widened.
"I brought mine."Daphne gasped. "You didn't!""I did. Just to torture Mother.
I'm going peruse it right in front of her, pull out my quizzing glass—""You don't have a quizzing glass."He grinned—the slow, devastatingly wicked smile that all Bridgerton males seemed to possess. "I bought one just for this occasion.""Anthony, you absolutely cannot. She will kill you.
And then, somehow, she'll find a way to blame me.""I'm counting on it."
Source: The Duke And I
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