Delhi, it seemed at first, was full of riches and horrors: it was a labyrinth, a city of palaces, an open gutter, filtered light through a filigree lattice, a landscape of domes, an anarchy, a press of people, a choke of fumes, a whiff of
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“Not a frog, I hope?” he asked…She shook her head. “No. And if it was I wouldn’t kiss it, I promise you. I might kiss a prince if I could be sure he’d turn into a frog, but not the other way around.”
― A Song for Summer
― A Song for Summer
“Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book.”
― A Company of Swans
― A Company of Swans
“Slowly, Anna put up a hand to his muzzle and began to scratch that spot behind the ear where large dogs keep their souls.”
― A Countess Below Stairs
― A Countess Below Stairs
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