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“My sweet Ophelia.” There was no mockery in the words this time. “You once told me that privileged people have easier lives,” he continued.
“I still believe that,” I said coolly.
“I’m sure you do,” his voice remained calm. “But there is one advantage you possess that I do not.”
I frowned. “And what would that be?”
He leaned over the desk.
“You answer to no one.”
― Clara Hazelwick, The Obscure and the Drowned