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“I am sorry,' he said. 'It is chivalry---no, that isn't true. Actually, it's my mother. If I swore before a lady, she would scold me, so now I must apologize instinctively. The apology is part of the curse. If I stub my toe, I say damnationsorry!”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“Apologies made it worse. She had long experience with unkindness, but apologies undid her.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“I have come because of a story,” he said. “You were right that everyone who might have told it is dead. I read it in a book. Several books.” Toadling felt her stomach drop. Books. Books were terribly expensive.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“It was in Toadling’s nature to try to please.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“She learned to speak in polite words”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
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