“I’m the first to say give art back to where it belongs, but wouldn’t the pieces be safer here? No one will make things disappear from the British Museum anytime soon.” Lucie frowned but nodded. “Perhaps,” Catriona said, “but why are these pieces ours to safekeep when the people who had them taken from their ancestral lands want them back? A bit patronizing, isn’t it.” Hattie blew up her cheeks. “It’s not just any art, though, is it; it’s from the cradle of our civilization.” “So, when England was at war with France for a whole hundred years, would you have appreciated it if someone from the
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