"Martyrize" Quotes from Famous Books
... her mouth with a snap, and, sitting down, wrote a long letter to Mr. Hanbury-Green, with whom she kept up a brisk correspondence. Very well, then! she would go to Brudenstein; she would not martyrize herself by being with a man on crutches! So half of her August passed in a most agreeable manner, and towards the end of the month she summoned her fiance to Florence. He could walk with a stick now—and to meet her there and go on to Venice and out to the Lido would be quite delightful, ... — Halcyone • Elinor Glyn |