Every time I do what you say I tumble a bit farther down this well of darkness, an' this here is a drop too deep an' too dark for me. I have to stop falling while I can still see a bit of the sky.
Frances HardingeWell, you will have to do. If you had died along with your mother, I would have taught the cat to read.
Frances HardingeMy good lady,โ interrupted Clent, โare you telling me that he is not the Luck? That you have in some way obfuscated the chronology of his nativity?โ Seconds passed. A beetle flew into Mistress Leapโs hair while she stared at Clent, then it struggled free and flew off again. โDid you lie about when he was born?โ translated Mosca.
Frances HardingeIf you want someone to tell you what to think..." "You will never be short of people willing to do so.
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