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“Hester was no hero, but there was nothing in her that would allow her to turn away from a person who had been dropped on her doorstep. Even if that person had brought Doom along with her.”
― A Sorceress Comes to Call
― A Sorceress Comes to Call
“I'd like to yell," said Imogene, "but this hardly seems like the time, does it?" She grimaced. "Willard, can you take the scissors? My hand is getting a cramp."
"Certainly, Lady Strauss."
"And promise you'll kill her. No gallantry, now."
"Madam." He frowned at her. "I am a butler. Do you truly believe that I do not know how to dispatch a houseguest if required?”
― A Sorceress Comes to Call
"Certainly, Lady Strauss."
"And promise you'll kill her. No gallantry, now."
"Madam." He frowned at her. "I am a butler. Do you truly believe that I do not know how to dispatch a houseguest if required?”
― A Sorceress Comes to Call
“Eh?” Hester realized that her brother had been speaking. “What was that? You have to speak up, my hearing’s not what it was.” (This was entirely untrue, but she had found that it was a very good excuse when she had simply been ignoring a dull conversation.)”
― A Sorceress Comes to Call
― A Sorceress Comes to Call
“No, no." The Squire's mustache quivered with his sincerity. "All my fault, my dear, truly all mine.I forget that most well-bred ladies have nerves. Hester hasn't any at all, you see."
"None whatsoever," said Hester dryly. "Otherwise people might get on them.”
― A Sorceress Comes to Call
"None whatsoever," said Hester dryly. "Otherwise people might get on them.”
― A Sorceress Comes to Call
“He's got no head!" said Imogene. She sounded more outraged than frightened, as if the notion of monsters going around without heads was a terrible social faux pas. "Things don't just walk around without heads!"
"Chickens, sometimes," offered Willard.
"That was not helpful, Tom."
"No, but I've already poured tea, so I'm afraid I've run out of helpful things to do at the moment.”
― A Sorceress Comes to Call
"Chickens, sometimes," offered Willard.
"That was not helpful, Tom."
"No, but I've already poured tea, so I'm afraid I've run out of helpful things to do at the moment.”
― A Sorceress Comes to Call
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