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21 " A gentleman probably would have risen to help, but James didn’t feel like a gentleman. He felt like a bloodthirsty ex-pirate with blue balls. "
― Eloisa James , The Ugly Duchess (Fairy Tales, #4)
22 " Theo is like the huntress Diana," Cecil said, rocking a little on his heels. He was thoroughly enjoying the burst of popularity his cousin-by-marriage was experiencing. "Beautiful and yet slightly deadly, ready to to whip out a bow and arrow, or turn a man into a squealing swine. Sensual, and yet with just a snowy touch of the virginal about her. "
23 " Don't be thick, James. Ladies know all about mistresses. And it isn't as if you're married. If you carry on like that once you *are* married, I'm going to be terrifically nasty to you. I'll definitely tell your wife. So beware. I don't approve.""Of Bella, or of matrimony?""Of married men who run about London with voluptuous women with hair the color of flax and morals that are just as lax."She paused for a moment, but James just rolled his eyes. "It's not easy to rhyme extempore, you know," she told him. "