Later on Lady Maccon was to describe that particular day as the worst of her life. She had neither the soul nor the romanticism to consider childbirth magical or emotionally transporting. So far as she could gather it mostly involved pain indignity and mess. There was nothing engaging or appealing about the process. And as she told her husband firmly she intended never to go through it again.
Gail CarrigerFelicity grimaced in agreement. โNo, you are perfectly correct. I did not realize how vital the approbation of oneโs butler is in allowing for nocturnal autonomy.
Gail CarrigerHighland werewolves had a reputation for doing atrocious and highly unwarranted *things*, like wearing smoking jackets to the dinner table.
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