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She is, Althea thought uneasily, what I pretend to be: a woman who does not let her sex deter her from living as she pleases.Robin Hobb
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What good does it do you to love?Trisha Leigh
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Let us agree that we are marrying so we can go on quarreling in the greatest comfort and convenience. Oh, please, Althea, look at me. Do say yes.Patrice Kindl
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I love you, Althea–you are so beautiful, ” murmured the young man into my ear. Well, I was willing enough. I looked up at him from under my eyelashes. “I love you too, ” I confessed. I averted my gaze and added privately, “You are so rich.” Unfortunately, I apparently said this aloud, if just barely, and his hearing was sharper than one would expect, given his other attributes.Patrice Kindl