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"You needn’t be a lion, and I needn’t be a gazelle.”

one of my fave serious lines so far

heck yes, molly on the warpath!

“Vasily,” I said in a voice that quivered, “do you mean to tell me that you ironed the sheets?”
“Well—it wasn’t as though there was anything else to do, once I’d sent the boy out for dinner. Schmidt showed me how to use the contraption.”

*dying*

“Vasily? Are you there?’
“Fear not! I hang upon your lips.”
“How inconvenient,” I said. It was inconvenient that I should be made to remember the occasions upon which Vasily had been in contact with my lips.

*reader, i SHRIEKED*

...and now we're fully settling into gothic manor--in Hong Kong

DELIGHTFUL

everyone fainting or having hysterics, delightful!

“Don’t you feel exactly like Jane Eyre?” I asked Mimi, when I had paid the rickshaw driver and we stood together with our valises at the foot of the steps.
“Who was she? A thief?” Mimi asked.

*reminded of why i love Mimi so much every third page*

we're back to a heisty, con feel for these books and i am LOVING IT

"No doubt you mean to flagellate your dirty linen in public again"

never change, miss dark

"For a moment I hesitated, wondering whether I might not be better off burning the book; for the sight of it only caused me pain."

in general i am all for burning things, but i'm pretty sure this is because i have pyromaniac tendencies and since this will no doubt be plot/feelings relevant later, i advise not giving in to the feelings, molly