Miss Charlotte Wells
"she's rumored to be the most beautiful whore in London."
“Be wary. There are snares all around for us harlots.”
("Do you mind her stealing all the attention?"
"Do you mind that you gave her up so soon?"
“I tired of Sir George”
"Everything I am. Everything my sister is. Comes down to this. My mother was sold, age 10, to a bawd who put her to work as a whore, Lydia Quigley. That woman has grown rich on countless ruined lives. Fate has put me in her house, and I'll bring down. That is my purpose now."
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Margaret Wells:
"I'm clawing my way upwards in the world, not down"
“I will never force a man on you again.”
“The only safety is in money. Money is a woma's only power in this world. I'll earn mine here.”
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Lydia Quigley
“London is a den of peril, no one is safe.” “Everyone of my girls moves, eats, speaks, sings, and plays like a lady. The only way she differs is in her worship of venus. You're nothing but a bare, forked animal, my dear" you're just a naked bipedal animal "King Lear" ("I offer you love") "For a harlot, that doesn't exist"
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Sir George: "He is a vain fizzle of a man" -
Lord Fallon:
"One of the finest gentlemen in London" "Lord Fallon" Lord Fallon, with his twenty thousand a year and all his grand houses. With his twenty thousand a year and all his grand houses. "You could get him for your keeper. "You'll make her your master" oh Lucy. You'll be set up in fine style. Just like Charlotte" You'll dress up like Charlotte. Your own Sir George - "I did this for Lucy. If you had children then you'd understand." "It isn't motherhood that's addled your morals, it's greed. You're only a hairpiece and a powder pot away from being everything you despised." "Where are Will and Jacob?" "They walked into the night covered in blood and mud and shame. If he's left you then good on him! Everyone else will follow. In time "
—— "You kill a man but it's me who has to run. She didn't wield the knife but she forced your legs open for any letch with a fortune. She let them fill your belly with anger and disgust. You did this! "Then I will turn myself in" "I will leave. For you've left me no choice." "Maybe it's better this way. Just for a while. That way no one has to die. You'll land your feet as you always have done." "Thank you, ma. I mean for the gift of whoredom. I can suck and fuck and flatter anywhere in the world."
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