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Witty Banter
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That depends on how trouble is approached. We came to you nice and slow, and voilà: you can trick nearly anyone into thinking you’re domesticated.”
“Don’t talk about me like a dog,” he warns. “Besides which, you forget that I’m first and foremost a scholar.”
“Ah, I see. You’re utilizing a rare branch of philosophy: the one founded on lying to yourself because it’s convenient.
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― Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse
― Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse
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He kissed her bottom lip, stroked it with his tongue. “You are so beautiful. When is the last time someone told you that?”
“Hmm, I believe a gentleman on a London street may have suggested something of the sort,” she said, with faux sweetness. He loved her sauciness. “In deed if not word.”
“He should have said it out loud,” Cross murmured. “In front of everyone. He should have shouted it from the street corner, to all who would listen. Cherry Lambe is a beautiful, beautiful woman.”
“Yes, I’m sur
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― The Duke Report
― The Duke Report
