Georgette

And what’s the probability that at least one of them will hate the name Georgette, and want you to change it to, say, Georgine?

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And what’s the probability that at least one of them will hate the name Georgette, and want you to change it to, say, Georgine?

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Ah, sometimes I fear, Robert, that when all is over, and you are free, and you see what the world and all this playing at hide-and-seek have made me, you will feel that such as Georgette, who have never looked inside the hearts of wicked people, and read the tales therein for knowledge to defeat wickedness -- that such as she were better fitted for your life and love.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

Ah, sometimes I fear, Robert, that when all is over, and you are free, and you see what the world and all this playing at hide-and-seek have made me, you will feel that such as Georgette, who have never looked inside the hearts of wicked people, and read the tales therein for knowledge to defeat wickedness -- that such as she were better fitted for your life and love.

The Seats of the Mighty, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

Ah, sometimes I fear, Robert, that when all is over, and you are free, and you see what the world and all this playing at hide-and-seek have made me, you will feel that such as Georgette, who have never looked inside the hearts of wicked people, and read the tales therein for knowledge to defeat wickedness -- that such as she were better fitted for your life and love.

The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897

“My real name Georgette, but folk been callin’ me Penny since I was little.”

THE EXORSISTAH CLAUDIA MAIR BURNEY 2008

“My real name Georgette, but folk been callin’ me Penny since I was little.”

THE EXORSISTAH CLAUDIA MAIR BURNEY 2008

"Georgette," she announced, "I shall have no need of you for a day or two.

Madcap George Gibbs 1906

Although I will never admit to owning classic pulp romance, my sister owned (literally) thousands of Mills and Boon, Silhouette, Georgette Heyer etc, so as you can imagine, one or two * might* have slipped amongst my high brow literary texts whilst at Uni.

The Mistakes Romance Writers Make « Write Anything 2009

My guilty pleasures run a mile high – from epic fantasy tomes (Terry Brooks, Sara Douglass) to circumspective high brow romance Georgette Heyer novellas.

Books of Shame and Guilt « Write Anything 2009