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Instead, the plate held small prawns placed delicately in a pool of some kind of yellow sauce. The prawns were perfectly tender, and the lemony sauce complemented the flavor of the white soup lingering in his mouth.
Gabriela
Where prawns eaten by the middle and upper class during the regency era? I know lobster wasn't.
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walk, of course.” “Around the room?” “Indeed.” “Why would you circle the room? It can’t possibly be that entertaining to endlessly walk the perimeter of a room you’ve been in dozens of times.” Oliver couldn’t help but agree.
Gabriela
Their taking a turn about the room, that was a thing. I'm so confused by this dialogue!
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His hair was up at least. He’d had to argue with Mrs. Bennet to keep it that way, but in the end she’d conceded.
Gabriela
Wouldn't his hair always be up? He would be too old to have his hair down on a daily bases, especially for a formal event.