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4d7d059
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As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.
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promises
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Georgette Heyer |
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2ae4ddf
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You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!
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men
thoughts
women
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Georgette Heyer |
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42096a0
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There is so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.
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Georgette Heyer |
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e778234
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It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.
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manners
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Georgette Heyer |
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8dc1563
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No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.
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Georgette Heyer |
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b05044a
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Do you forget that I am your sister?" "No; I've never been granted the opportunity to forget it."
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sister
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Georgette Heyer |
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e182c46
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I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.
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humor
modern-youth
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Georgette Heyer |
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19e6374
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She decided that her wisest course would be to put him out of her mind. After reaching this conclusion she lay thinking about him until at last she fell asleep.
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Georgette Heyer |
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bfa7591
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my memory is reasonably good--unlike yours, dear sir!" "Mine is erratic," he said imperturbably. "I remember only what interests me."
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memory
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Georgette Heyer |
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b1a537e
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Oh, yes, she's unusual!" he said bitterly. "She blurts out whatever may come into her head; she tumbles from one outrageous escapade into another; she's happier grooming horses and hobnobbing with stable-hands than going to parties; she's impertinent; you daren't catch her eye for fear she should start to giggle; she hasn't any accomplishments; I never saw anyone with less dignity; she's abominable, and damnably hot at hand, frank to a faul..
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love
regency-romance
unusual
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Georgette Heyer |
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8393396
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You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her.
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Georgette Heyer |
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44b5cfc
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I shall be much obliged to you, cousin, if you will refrain from telling my sisters that she has a face like a horse!' 'But, Charles, no blame attaches to Miss Wraxton! She cannot help it, and that, I assure you, I have always pointed out to your sisters!' 'I consider Miss Wraxton's countenance particularly well-bred!' 'Yes, indeed, but you have quite misunderstood the matter! I meant a particularly well-bred horse!' 'You mean, as I am per..
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romance
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Georgette Heyer |
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ac22d5f
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What I mean is, like you to have everything you want. Wished it was me, that's all
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Georgette Heyer |
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8030cf5
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I was under the impression that I warned you that in London country ways will not do, Frederica!" "You did!" she retorted. "And although I can't say that I paid much heed to your advice it so happens that I am accompanied today by my aunt!" "Who adds invisibility to her other accomplishments!"
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aunt
chaperon
banter
invisible
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Georgette Heyer |
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1616700
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Remind me one day to teach you how to achieve a sneer, Hugh. Yours is too pronounced, and thus but a grimace. It should be but a faint curl of the lips.
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Georgette Heyer |
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db4579e
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Sir Richard sighed. "Rid yourself of the notion that I cherish any villainous designs upon your person," he said. "I imagine I might well be your father. How old are you?" "I am turned seventeen." "Well, I am nearly thirty," said Sir Richard. Miss Creed worked this out. "You couldn't possibly be my father!" "I am far too drunk to solve arithmetical problems. Let it suffice that I have not the slightest intention of making love to you."
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Georgette Heyer |
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0f0c0cb
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Well, you have the right to make a sacrifice of yourself, but I'll be damned if I'll let you sacrifice me!
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sacrifice
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Georgette Heyer |
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a14318e
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You are shameless!" he said angrily. "Nonsense! You only say so because I drove your horses," she answered. "Never mind! I will engage not to do so again." "I'll take care of that!" he retorted. "Let me tell you, my dear Cousin, that I should be better pleased if you would refrain from meddling in the affairs of my family!" "Now, that," said Sophy, "I am very glad to know, because if ever I should desire to please you I shall know just how ..
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fustian
pompous
cousin
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Georgette Heyer |
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8af041e
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And now I wish I hadn't been civil, because he says he shall not despair! He is as stupid as Endymion!" "No, no!" said Alverstoke soothingly. "Nobody could be as stupid as Endymion!"
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Georgette Heyer |
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913fe7e
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Well, sir, do you mean to remain there, commending my father's taste in wine, or do you mean to accompany me to Ashtead?" "Set off for Ashtead at this hour, when I have been traveling for two days?" said Sir Horace. "Now, do, my boy, have a little common sense! Why should I?" "I imagine that your parental feeling, sir, must provide you with the answer! If it does not, so be it! I am leaving immediately!" "What do you mean to do when you rea..
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parental-love
daughter
father
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Georgette Heyer |
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9e73ddc
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Do you mean to tell me that Mr. Trevor read my letter?" demanded Lady Buxted indignantly. "Your secretary?" "I employ him to read my letters," explained his lordship.(Alverstroke) "Not those written by your nearest and dearest!" "Oh, no, not !" he agreed." --
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Georgette Heyer |
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917270c
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I comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire--I admit, a natural one for the most part--to exterminate your fellows.
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Georgette Heyer |
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e3a8619
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I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons!
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Georgette Heyer |
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37ef081
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You know what I think? Fate! That's what it is fate! There's a thing that comes after a fellow:got a name,but I forgot what it is. Creeps up behind him, and puts him in the basket when he ain't expecting it.
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ferdy
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Georgette Heyer |
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c17e925
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The Viscount stepped into the room. "Came to see if you was dead," he said. "Laid Pom odds you weren't." Lethbridge passed his hand across his eyes. "I'm not," he replied in a faint voice. "No. I'm sorry," said the Viscount simply. He wandered over to the table and sat down. "Horry said she killed you, Pom said So she might, I said No. Nonsense." Lethbridge still holding a hand to his aching head tried to pull himself together. "Did you?" h..
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Georgette Heyer |
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2e84bc1
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His Grace was at her side, and lifted her down from the chair. "My enfant," he said , "duchesses do not dance on chairs, nor do they call their brothers 'imbecile'." Leonie's twinkled irrepressibly. "I do," she said firmly."
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Georgette Heyer |
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f129c8d
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The Marquis believed himself to be hardened against flattery. He thought that he had experienced every variety, but he discovered that he was mistaken: the blatantly worshipful look in the eyes of a twelve-year-old, anxiously raised to his, was new to him, and it pierced his defences.
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schoolboy
flattery
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Georgette Heyer |
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49f63ae
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You are an atrocious person! Since the day I met you I have become steadily more depraved.
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depraved
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Georgette Heyer |
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9c5d1e4
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Will you marry me, vile and abominable girl that you are? Yes, but, mind, it only to save my neck from being wrung!
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Georgette Heyer |
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c067fa6
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Randall laid his hand on Stella's, but only to remove it from his sleeve. "My precious, you really must have some regard for my clothes," he said with gentle reproach. "Much as I love you, I cannot permit you to maul this particular coat."
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Georgette Heyer |
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2fa0856
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Sophy looked at him. Under his amazed and horrified gaze, large tears slowly welled over her eyelids, and rolled down her cheeks. She did not sniff, or gulp, or even sob: merely allowed her tears to gather and fall. 'Sophy, for God's sake do not cry!' 'Oh, do not stop me!' begged Sophy. 'Sir Horace says it is my only accomplishment.' Mr. Rivenhall glared at her. 'What!' 'Very few persons are able to do it!' Sophy assured him. 'I discovered ..
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Georgette Heyer |
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edf1dc1
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Leonie, you will do well to consider. You are not the first woman in my life." She smiled through her tears. "Monseigneur, I would so much rather be the last woman than the first," she said."
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Georgette Heyer |
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9f1a6bd
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Depend upon it, you are just the sort of girl a man would be glad to have for his sister! You don't even know how to swoon, and I daresay if you tried you would make wretched work of it, for all you have is common sense, and of what use is that, pray?
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Georgette Heyer |
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2c86327
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Mr. Beaumaris, who had picked Ulysses up, paid no heed to all these attempts at self-justification, but addressed himself to his adorer. "What a fool you are!" he observed. "No, I have the greatest dislike of having my face licked, and must request you to refrain. Quiet, Ulysses! quiet! I am grateful to you for your solicitude, but you must perceive that I am in the enjoyment of my customary good health. I would I could say the same of you...
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Georgette Heyer |
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ef19494
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The charm of your society, my Sparrow, lies in not knowing what you will say next - though one rapidly learns to expect the worst!
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virtue
spontaneity
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Georgette Heyer |
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6e4faac
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Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!" "No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?" "Not such a waste of time as talking to you!"
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Georgette Heyer |
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4a2e8ec
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You must not imagine that Papa or I have the least notion of compelling you to marry anyone whom you hold in aversion, for I am sure that such a thing would be quite shocking! And Charles would not do so either, would you, dear Charles?"(Elizabeth Ombersley) "No, certainly not. But neither would I consent to her marriage with any such frippery fellow as Augustus Fawnhope!" "Augustus," announced Cecilia, putting up her chin, "will be remembe..
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marriage
siblings
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Georgette Heyer |
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09e7a7d
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How very awkward places we do choose in which to propose to one another!' remarked Mr. Beaumaris
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Georgette Heyer |
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37716f4
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The youngest Merriville, bursting into the room some time later, found them seated side by side on the sofa. 'Buddle said I wasn't to disturb you, but I knew was fudge,' he said scornfully. 'Cousin Alverstoke, there is someting I wanted to ask you!' He broke off, perceiving suddenly, and with disfavour, that his Cousin Alverstoke had an arm round Frederica. Revolted by such a betrayal of unmanliness, he bent a disapproving look upon his..
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humor
heyer
precious
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Georgette Heyer |
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fc10b0e
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Is it not unsupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles?
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Georgette Heyer |
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b8cc331
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O God, I love you to the edge of madness, Venetia, but I'm not mad yet--not so mad that I don't know how disastrous it might be to you--to us both! You don't realize what an advantage I should be taking of your innocence!
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madness
love
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Georgette Heyer |
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fca3162
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I don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not.
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love
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Georgette Heyer |
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d959c85
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My dear girl, you don't consent to an abduction! You consent to an elopement, and I knew you wouldn't do that.
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elopement
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Georgette Heyer |
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455d1c3
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I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me." "Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep."
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Georgette Heyer |