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" THIS GENTLEMAN ASKS whether Mrs Villiers is at home,’ said the Teapot’s butler, bringing in a salver with a card upon it. ‘Show him into the parlour,’ said Diana. She hurried into her bedroom, changed her dress, combed her hair up, looked searchingly into her face in the glass, and went down. ‘Good day to you now, Villiers,’ said Stephen. ‘No man on earth could call you a fast woman. I have read the paper twice through – invasion flotilla, loyal addresses, price of Government stock and list of bankrupts. Here is a bottle of scent. "

Patrick O'Brian , Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin #2)


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Patrick O'Brian quote : THIS GENTLEMAN ASKS whether Mrs Villiers is at home,’ said the Teapot’s butler, bringing in a salver with a card upon it. ‘Show him into the parlour,’ said Diana. She hurried into her bedroom, changed her dress, combed her hair up, looked searchingly into her face in the glass, and went down. ‘Good day to you now, Villiers,’ said Stephen. ‘No man on earth could call you a fast woman. I have read the paper twice through – invasion flotilla, loyal addresses, price of Government stock and list of bankrupts. Here is a bottle of scent.