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| fb58198 | We (people) only remembered that elves sang. But we forgot what they sang about. | terry-pratchett humor lords-and-ladies parody | Terry Pratchett | |
| 98972ab | In March of 1915, all three of Lord and Lady Chetwynd-Pitt's sons'd been gassed, blown up or machine-gunned in the very same week at the battle of Neuve-Chapelle. All three. Imagine that: On Monday, you've got three sons, by Friday you've got none. Lady Albertina had just, y'know, caved in. Physically, mentally, spiritually, brutally. | lords-and-ladies neuve-chapelle slade-house grief-and-loss horror | David Mitchell |