Florence quotes

So the two brothers and their murdered man Rode past fair Florence.

-Keats,John
  Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St.  Agnes and Other Poems, 'Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil', stanza 27.

'Is your maid called Florence?' 'Her name is Florinda.' 'What an extraordinary name to give a maid!' 'I did not give it to her; she arrived in my service already christened'.'What I mean is,'said Mrs Riversedge,'that when Iget maids with unsuitable names I call them Jane; they soon get used to it.' 'An excellent plan,'said theaunt of Clovis coldly; 'unfortunately I have got used to being called Jane myself. It happens to be my name.'

-Saki pseudonym of  Hector Hugh Munro
The Chronicles of Clovis,'The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope'.

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