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“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”

It’s unreal how much I love this book.

“The only way he could justify his happiness here, to keep dancing on the edges of two worlds, was to continue awaiting correspondence at night - a hidden, silent rebellion whose main purpose was to assuage his guilt over the fact that all this gold and glitter had to come at a cost.”