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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
On the day that his grannie was killed by the English, Sir William Scott the Younger of Buccleuch was at Melrose Abbey, marrying his aunt.
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
Francis.… You are St Mary's. You and no other. It sounds trite, but it is precisely true. I don't know your secret. There is no spiritual bond between you and your company: no common faith, no rites, no rules of chivalry. How is it done?' 'Charm of personality,' said Lymond. 'Allied to a generous wage scale.
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
And Lymond's bright, sardonic face, looking into hers, lost all its amusement; all its icy amiability; all its social charm. 'My dear sister in Christ, and mother in expectation, I may be what Buccleuch has called me: a harlot. But a discriminating harlot, my dear.' And, flashing out an arm, he snatched, lightly from below her labouring grasp, a fine glass vase of Sybilla's at her side. 'You don't sign your work twice,' he said softly. 'It's unlucky.
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
You did not expect human values from a machine. You did not grow angry with a machine, or be disappointed or feel betrayed by it. You treated it with detachment and curiosity, as you would any soul-deprived object, and if it kicked you in the teeth, you side-stepped and kicked it back, harder.
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
The carrying voice of Alec Guthrie said unexpectedly, 'But as Sir Graham has already pointed out, every practising Christian must serve two masters.' 'My God … I know it,' said Lymond. 'My nerves are on edge like a Dublin butcher over the conversation as it is. The situation is that Sir Graham's other Master and I are in perfect accord; whereas, being human, I am not convinced that Sir Graham and I should necessarily be.
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
If you had asked me, I could have told you, without putting yourself to the trouble of experiment, that no one, saint or sinner, is likely to seduce Francis against his will. Unfortunately.
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
I do not know whether this man is a traitor or not, but he is an individualist, and in war the two are the same.
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
But I,' said Lymond, 'am one of the new apostles, seeking nothing but voluptuousness and human pleasures, and abusing the world.…
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
I hope never to have to do that to you again. I hope one day you will forgive me. Try to remember, just at this moment, that my trade calls for acting. Try to remember, Richard, as I have told you, that because of your own honesty I can't confide in you."
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
I don't mind being labelled devilish but I do mind being regarded as unlucky. The only way to answer that is by a string of successes.
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
It was odd, Adam thought, that Lymond's harshest opponent should be his brother, and that each man had such power to hurt the other.
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Dorothy Dunnett _ The Disorderly Knights
You had good reason to hate me. I always understood that. I don't know why you should think differently now, but take care. Don't build up another false image. I may be the picturesque sufferer now, but when I have the whip-hold, I shall behave quite as crudely, or worse. I have no pretty faults. Only, sometimes, a purpose.
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