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" He spoke her name, murmuring it over and over. She was losing herself, losing her ability to think. There was nothing but this man, and the things he was making her feel, and...
Ellie's ears pricked up.
...and a sound at the door.
"Charles," she whispered. "I think-"
"Don't think."
The knocking grew louder.
"Someone is at the door."
"No one would be that cruel," he murmured, his words disappearing into her neck. "Or that stupid."
"Ellie!" they both heard, and it was immediately apparent that the voice belonged to Judith.
"Damn," Charles swore, rolling off of Ellie. "
― Julia Quinn , Brighter Than the Sun (The Lyndon Sisters, #2)
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" Somebody up there is deuced mad at me," she yelled, "and I want to know why!"
The heavens opened in earnest and within seconds she was soaked to the skin.
"Remind me never to question Your purposes again," she muttered ungraciously, not sounding particularly like the God-fearing young lady her father had raised her to be. "Clearly You don't like to be second-guessed."
Lightning streaked through the sky, followed by a booming clap of thunder.
"Damn!" she grunted, her bonnet sagged against her eyes, blocking her vision. She yanked it off, looked at the sky, and yelled, "I am not amused!"
More lightning.
"They are all against me," she muttered,"All of them." Her father, Sally Foxglove,
Mr. Tibbett, whoever it was who controlled the weather—
More thunder. "
― Julia Quinn , Brighter Than the Sun (The Lyndon Sisters, #2)