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“In jewels and brocades and a whirl of musk, Alice flounced triumphantly out of her chariot, her three little dogs frisking and barking after her. She raised her thickly painted face to the Duke.”
― Katherine
― Katherine

“There is no loss, if you cannot remember what you have lost.”
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

“She has something else - a great deal else," said Alice Perrers' soft laughing voice from the corner, "and if you ladies are too stupid to see it, the men won't be. Thanks to God that the King is short-sighted, I can fill his entire vision - and shall.”
― Katherine
― Katherine

“I would have drawn and quartered him, and I hope you do," said Richard, his eyes sparkling.”
― Katherine
― Katherine

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