night-stalking reblogged
In little things and great, with people she loved and with people she hated — and she did both with equal heartiness — Miss Rachel always went on a way of her own, sufficient for herself in the joys and the sorrows of her life. Over and over again I have heard my lady say, "Rachel's best friend and Rachel's worst enemy are, one and the other — Rachel herself." — Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone
Keeley Hawes as Rachel Verinder in The Moonstone (1996)