"All this - the house and the remnants of the pasture land, the seashore below the pale cliffs, the walk along it to the fishing village of Kilauran, the avenue over which the high branches of the chestnut tree now met - was as much part of Everand Gault as the features of his face were, the family traits that quite resembled a few of those in the drawing -room portrait, the smooth dark hair." Part 1, Chapter 1, pg.5

"She wished she hadn't gone to Enniseala with him, she wished she hadn't asked him about his faenulum and what was written over the shops. All the time they were pretending." Part 1, Chapter1, pg. 17

"Yet when he searched his feelings there was nothing there to guide him, only confusion and contradiction." Part1, Chapter1, pg27

"There was something white in his hand, a shaft of lamplight from the open hall door...