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  1. Laurie R. King _ A Letter of Mary

    Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I turned my mind firmly to the problem at hand.
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  2. Laurie R. King _ A Letter of Mary

    I am getting old, Russell. Gone are the days when I could scramble about on the moors all day and curl up happily at night with a thin blanket and a stone for a pillow. Three nights on floorboards and one night without sleep following three days at strenuous labour make me aware that I am no longer a callow youth.
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  3. Laurie R. King _ A Letter of Mary

    Everyone is allowed a weakness, even women of the twentieth century.
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  4. Laurie R. King _ A Letter of Mary

    You translate it, please. I have worked hard to forget what Greek I once knew.
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  5. Laurie R. King _ A Letter of Mary

    You see why I married her, Mycroft? The exquisite juxtaposition of ladylike threads and backhanded compliments proved irresistible.
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  6. Laurie R. King _ A Letter of Mary

    Moments of pure relaxation were rare for me. There was always the nagging of books unread, work undone, time a-wasting.
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  7. Laurie R. King _ A Letter of Mary

    The dead have a claim on us even heavier than that of the living, for they cannot hear our explanations, and we cannot ask their forgiveness.
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  8. Laurie R. King _ A Letter of Mary

    The hand of bone and sinew and flesh achieves its immortality in taking up a pen. The hand on a page wields a greater power than the fleshly hand ever could in life.
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