Right. And our first job is to teach her to give a speech on the Grand Balcony in three days.โ โThat does not sound too difficult. Has she done much public speaking?โ Amilia forced a smile. โA week ago she said the word no.
Michael J. SullivanSee, thatโs the difference,โ Mauvin said. โI suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.
Michael J. SullivanYou think youโre a very clever fellow, donโt you?โ Saldur challenged. โNo, Your Grace,โ Merrick replied. โClever is the man who makes a fortune selling dried-up cows, explaining how it saves the farmers the trouble of getting up every morning to milk them. Iโm not cleverโIโm a genius.
Michael J. SullivanOne truth doesn't refute another. Truth doesn't lie in the object, but in how we see it.
Michael J. SullivanYou think heโs still alive?โ Royce asked, nodding his head toward Alric. โSure,โ Hadrian replied without bothering to look. โHeโs probably sleeping. Why do you ask?โ โI was just pondering something. Do you think a person could smother in a wet potato bag?โ Hadrian lifted his head and looked over at the motionless prince. โI really hadnโt thought about it until now.
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