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The lantern-light played on his thin, pale face, catching the elegant outline of his nose and his flop of ruffled hair. He wore that slight half-smile he reserves for dangerous situations; the kind of smile that suggests complete command. His coat flapped slightly in the night breeze.
Girllll
‘Anyone got tea left in their thermos?’
Has his priorities straight
Plan G,
How many plans do you need??
‘I think I preferred the Wraiths.’
Ong
he’s a pint-sized, pug-nosed, carrot-topped inadequate with a chip the size of Big Ben on his weedy shoulder.
Okay girl let it out
or losing him down the back of the sofa.
Bro
watched him from the door.
Me too girl
I had a fluttery feeling in my tummy, and my legs felt weak. It was probably the late night catching up with me.
Sureeeeee it is
‘Oh, come on. You love all that mystery about him. Just like you love that pensive, far-off look he does sometimes, as if he’s brooding about important matters, or contemplating a tricky bowel movement. Don’t try to deny it. I know.’
Yes George please tell her
The woman’s smile offended me.
Why does she hate every woman she comes into contact with (yes i know it's a statue)
My personal impulse would have been to slap the girl soundly round the face and boot her moaning backside out into the night.
Me too girl. Me too
Also why I have no female friends.
What did i say like five seconds ago
Try spending a bit more time on solid case research, help the company out a little.’
STOPPP
made me feel a little flushed.
I wonder why
‘Feeling rough?’
HES BACKKKK
‘What, fat George? Deceitful Lockwood?’
Um
Our ordinary responses in such circumstances would be to either (a) ignore it (Lockwood); (b) ask them politely to ring back (George); or (c) send them away with a shrill torrent of abuse (me: I get grumpy with lack of sleep).
Every answer is so real
If I leap on the table and start shrieking, don’t try to stop me. Just let me howl.’
Please let him do this
‘You only have to look at people sometimes to arouse their savage rage.
he’s died of fright.’
Can you actually die of fright
‘To be frank, I thought that was Flo.’
How bad can she be
Luce, you always carry money. Mind going up and paying?
Don't you own the agency why do you keep making her pay
BUY MORE CRISPS
Mandatory
‘That’s assuming his face wouldn’t have cracked the glass first,’
Opp
‘Very simple. I was there.’
Oh shit
‘To think some people just watch television.’
Well don't make me feel bad
‘That’s assuming Kipps can actually read and write,’
He does not give them a break
It gave a fruity chuckle.
...fruity? I know what you are
Albert Joplin’s good with all sorts of historical stuff.
Why is he being brought into every thing
A window to the Other Side.’
Holy shit
‘Lucy, you look delightful,’ he said. ‘George, you’ll have to do. Oh, here’s something for you, Luce. Might go well with that excellent dress.’ He took my hand, and placed in it a necklace of pretty silver links, with a small diamond suspended as a pendant. It was really very beautiful.
Oh he down bad
‘You look terrific, Luce. You might have been born to this.
Oh boy
‘I think he’s feeling left out.
My shayla
His balaclava muffled it; I couldn’t hear a word.
Oh shit no
Then we jumped out together, hand in hand.
Why woud you need to admit your love for eachother when you can just jump off buildings holding hands
‘Well,’ Lockwood said, ‘if you judge success by the number of enemies you make, that was a highly successful evening.’
This is just because you exist mate
With the help of his servant, a most cunning and malignant Boy,
Omg is that the skull
‘Why? I’m happy. This is my kind of place.’ ‘It’s a place you’ll stay for ever, if you don’t co-operate with me,’ I snarled. ‘I’ll brick you up behind a wall.’ The whistling abruptly ceased.
I love these kinds of relationships
It came to rest.
What the fuck
He might have told me something useful before he died.’
Kys
And at that moment George got up from the chair.
PRAISE THE LORD
‘It’s easy to judge me now. But you don’t yet know what it’s like, the day your Talent starts to fade. You’ll still sense ghosts – you’ll know they’re present. But you won’t see or hear them properly any more. You’ll get all the terror, without being able to do anything about it. Sometimes nerves will simply overwhelm you.’
Aw man
‘My sister.’
WHAT
