# Quote — Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret

> As he sat in the deep embrasure of a mullioned window, talking to my lady, his mind wandered away to shady Figtree Court, and he thought of poor George Talboys smoking his solitary cigar in the room with the birds and canaries.

- Author: [Mary Elizabeth Braddon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-elizabeth-braddon.md)
- Book: [Lady Audley's Secret](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-elizabeth-braddon/lady-audleys-secret.md)
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