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Blameless (2010)
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I like fish," chirruped Tunstell. "Really, Mr. Tunstell? What is your preferred breed?" "Well"—Tunstell hesitated—"you know, the um, ones that"—he made a swooping motion with both hands—"uh, swim.
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No, Lord Maccon was riproaring, tumble down, without a doubt, pickled beyond the gherkin.
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Lyall understood a broken heart, but it could not be allowed to rumple perfectly good shirtwaists.
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How was I to know idiocy was only a temporary condition, especially in your case? It never has been before!
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I am rather fond of ladybugs. They are so delightfully hemispherical.
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So, what do you think, my dear, will it be a girl or a boy? It will be a soul-stealer, apparently. What! The earl reared away from his wife and looked down at her suspiciously.
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Floote, what is going on? Do they think I am contagious? Should I assure them I was born with a nose this size?
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One should do what one is best at on as large a scale as possible.
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She poked him in the center of his chest with two fingers to punctuate her words. You are an unfeeling —poke — traitorous —poke— mistrusting —poke— rude —poke — booby! Every poke turned him mortal, but Lord Maccon didn't seem to mind it in the least. Instead he grabbed the hand that poked him and brought it to his lips. You put it very well, my love.
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His eyes are peculiar. There is nothing in them, like an eclair without the cream filling. It's wrong, lack of cream.
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Really, Channing, remonstrated Alexia, did you have to eat the man's dog? I am convinced you will experience terrible indigestion.
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These things, regrettably, are bound to occur when one is married and befriended.
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I may be a werewolf and Scottish, but despite what you may have read about both, we are not cads!
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Ah, no, deployment was delayed after you left. Technical difficulties. Oh? Yes, it was technically difficult to leave a heartbroken Alpha.
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Professor Lyall, cursing his Alpha for departing so precipitously, balled up the piece of paper and, after minor consideration for the delicacy of the information it contained, ate it.
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Lord Maccon was built like a brick outhouse, with opinions twice as unmoving and often equally full of crap.
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She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappropriate future moment.
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She was no closer to determining who might want her dead. There were just too many possibilities.
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Ah, Ivy, thought Alexia happily, spreading a verbal fog wherever she goes.
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I Preserve the nonviable embryo in formaldehyde for future study. Lord Maccon has been drinking my samples. When confronted, he admitted to be enjoying both the refreshing beverage and the 'crunchy pickled snack' as well. I was not pleased" (Professor Lyall to Madame Lefoux)
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Someone was trying to kill Lady Alexia Maccon. It was most inconvenient, as she was in a dreadful hurry. Given her previous familiarity with near-death experiences and their comparative frequency with regards to her good self, Alexia should probably have allowed extra time for such a predictable happenstance.
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When the moon is in the seventh house, And Jupiter aligns with Mars, Then peace will guide the planets, And love will steer the stars; This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius.
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May 4, 1976
(age 48)
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