When Hazard got out of the car, Shaw’s voice carried clearly in the still spring afternoon. “—the clinical use of vibrators—” “Stop talking,” North said. “It’s scientifically proven, North! It’s a time-tested method for curing hysteria.” “You’re not hysterical. You’re not nervous or anxious or whatever the fuck you’re talking about. You don’t need cold baths or hot baths or plunges or, Christ, Shaw, I don’t know. You saw a mouse. You tried to kiss it. You screamed when it bit your hand. That’s the end of that particular episode of horse-fuckery.” This was approximately the moment when Hazard
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