Abruptly, he bent to pull up one trouser leg and draw a knife from the sheath strapped to his calf. Straightening again, he cocked an eyebrow at the sight of Beth holding up her own blade, which she had taken from a skirt pocket. “I thought
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“The hot smell from the pine-needles and from the cushions of wild thyme that padded the spaces between the rocks, and sometimes a smell of pure honey from a clump of warm irises up behind them in the sun, puffed across their faces. Very soon Mrs. Wilkins took her shoes and stockings off, and let her feet hang in the water. After watching her a minute Mrs. Arbuthnot did the same. Their happiness was then complete.”
― The Enchanted April
― The Enchanted April
“She frowned. “Stop smoldering at me like that.” Now he was the one who frowned”
― The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
― The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
“Abruptly”
― The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
― The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
“You mustn't say things like that to me," she said. "I'll say anything you like; or nothing. I won't open my mouth unless you tell me to. What harm can it do to anybody? All I want is to listen to you,”
― The Age of Innocence
― The Age of Innocence
“If it helps, I am trying to change.” “Change what?” Gabriel asked in a confused tone. Elodie’s stomach tried to curl up into itself bashfully. “Myself, of course.” Gabriel clutched her shoulders and pushed her back a little so he could frown at her. “Don’t you dare.”
― The Geographer's Map to Romance
― The Geographer's Map to Romance
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