Prologue
The House of the Four Winds (1935)
Quotes from book
The House of the Four Winds
The House of the Four Winds is a 1935 adventure novel by the Scots author John Buchan. It is a Ruritanian romance, and the last of his three Dickson McCunn books. The novel is set in the fictional Central European country of Evallonia and opens two years after the events recounted in Castle Gay.
Source: The House of the Four Winds (1935), Ch. IV
“I always try to suit my clothes to my company. It is the only way to be inconspicuous.”
Prologue
The House of the Four Winds (1935)
“He knew less about women than he knew about the physics of hyperspace.”
Source: The House of the Four Winds (1935), Ch. XI
“If anyone makes trouble I've advised him to dot him one on the jaw in the best British style.”
Source: The House of the Four Winds (1935), Ch. III
“It's the Idea that wins every time — the Idea with brains and guts behind it.”
Envoi
The House of the Four Winds (1935)
