Tessa Gray személy
Idézetek
Ne becsüljétek le a mondénokat. Maguknak szőnek történeteket, hogy értelmet keressenek a világban. És az itt lévő mondénok közül néhányan segíteni fognak nekünk, hogy mi is értelmet keressünk a sajátunkban.
A két fiúval kapcsolatos gondolatok összekavarodtak a fejében, amíg végül el nem aludt, nem tudván eldönteni, hogy egyiket vagy másikat csókolja álmában.
206. oldal, 9. fejezet - Tüzes éjfél (Clare, 2011)
Mr. Branwell and Mr. Cairstairs seems to have no problem cleaning their boots," Sophie said, looking darkly from Will to Tessa. „Perhaps you could learn from their example.”
„Perhaps,” said Will. „But I doubt it.” […]
„What was that?” Will shrugged lazily. „Sophie enjoys pretending she doesn't like me. ”
„Doesn't like you? She hates you!”
105. oldal, 4. fejezet, We are shadows
“Nothing,” she said. “I just . . . need a new book to read.”
“A most sensible request,” James said, swinging his long legs off his reading perch. “What sort of book? Fortunately, Aunt Sophie and Uncle Gideon have a respectable collection. Adventure? History? Romance? Poetry?”
All the younger set were fearfully bookish. Anna put it down to Uncle Will and Aunt Tessa’s influence. They seldom let one leave the Institute without a book they felt one simply must read. […]
James flipped gracefully through the books on the wall. […]
He had soon plucked a dozen books from the shelf, passing one to Christopher almost as an afterthought. […]
The door flew open, and Matthew Fairchild entered the room and draped himself dramatically over the back of a chair. “Good afternoon, you wonderful bunch of villains. James, why are you clearing the shelves?”
“Anna asked me for something to read,” James said, surveying a table of contents with a furious eye. He set the book aside.
“Anna? Reading? What dark magic is this?”
She still couldn’t say the words Since Will died. Since that day she sat next to him on the bed and he drifted gently to sleep and never woke again. Jem had been there then, of course, but over the last three years she saw him less and less. They still met at Blackfriars Bridge, but otherwise he stayed away.
A feleség kötelessége pusztán annyi, hogy végrehajtsa a férj kívánságait, és nyugodt, stabil menedéket nyújtson neki, ahová a kaotikus világ elől visszavonulhat. Az Intézet azonban aligha volt ilyen békés menedék.