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"Shall we surrender?" he said mildly. "I think we should. After all, we outnumber him only fifteen to one, we have only muskets to oppose his bow, and we are surrounded. Or at least I think we are. How is it that one man can surround fifteen?"

"March ignored me for a few minutes and pulled out to take the nearest exit."

You poor thing he's ignoring you. How old are you? 3?
A bunch of assassins are after her because they think she has some stolen diamond and what is the only preoccupation on her mind? 24/7? Her virginity.
This started funny but she's annoying me no end...

Bored to tears

“It won’t happen again,” he said. “Trying to murder you is one thing, but fucking with a man’s wheels is quite another.”

I retreated to the west wall, joining the group of terrified blokes there who were avoiding all eye contact and presumably wondering why they had agreed to come here in the first place.
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Occasionally a bold woman or a pair of bold women would make a foray into these wallflowers and sometimes our herd would be reduced by one. The quarry dragged off to the dance floor or the drinks table.

“So, Sean, why does no one want to date a policeman?”
“There’s the whole death thing. People get touchy about that.”
“I don’t see why. Isn’t there a big compensation package if you get killed? And a nice widow’s pension on top of that too? And then there’s the black. I look fabulous in black. Brings out my eyes.”

I looove this series.