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These two had been going in circles about dead writers for forty minutes.
Henry, please find me a wealthy husband, but could you be a dear and ensure he has advanced consumption?
“I’m more of a grow-old-disgracefully kind of guy.”
This time period was too different. Too uptight. Too two hundred fucking years ago.
“You like him.”
“I don’t even know him.”
“Is that a requirement?”
“Hundreds of years in the future and women still can’t enjoy what a man can.” Her laugh was forced, like someone replaced the real thing with a cheap plastic imitation. “I can’t say I’m surprised.”
It was strange how something as simple as seeing her ready for sleep made it feel as if they were crossing a new threshold.
“Your face is an open book.” “Or perhaps you’re my ideal reader.”
“You’ve been practically attached to me at the hip since I discovered you.” “I can’t seem to stay away.”
“You are not allowed to kill them or throw yourself from a moving coach.”
It was as if she’d studied her whole life to master the art of being invisible, and he was here demanding she frame a canvas of her ambitions and hang it on the wall for everyone to see.
Tuck tried to take it all in. This dude was going to shoot him for marrying his sister? And do so wearing those neck ruffles? The past was way more hardcore than he gave it credit for. It wasn’t all tea drinking and top hats.
“And I’m going to advise for the last time that you discontinue any conversation that doesn’t include a congratulations and maybe a passing comment about the weather.” He gestured to the window, where rain had begun falling.
“It’s hard to notice pitfalls when you hold the advantage.
Shit. Why hadn’t he taken Nora up on her offer to go see Hamilton when she’d invited him to fly to New York to see it on Broadway? That would have been the CliffsNotes version at least.
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There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for those who are my true friends. I don’t love my people in halves. It’s not in my character.
“That’s Jane Austen,”
“Just so everyone is clear.”
