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It dwindled towards the end, with a flurry of malicious enterprise, and then a procession to endorse the the villain. At the last pages was a well needed but timid love scene.

It was a happiness to finally end the book.

Karenhappuch was one of Jobe‘s daughters born after his trials were over

Keren-happuch was the youngest of the three beautiful daughters of Job, named in the Bible as given to him in the later part of his life, after God made Job prosperous again

Pandemonium also means disorder and wild uproar

In Milton’s Paradise lost the principal city, the domain of Lucifer was called pandemonium, the city of Demons

Elizabeth emboldening her troops before the Armada

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king

I met a few friends in the army like that. But their rank was too low for true friendship. It would fracture the stability of the universe. Let’s attempt to prepare you so that doesn’t happen.

Man and wife in a pot of tea

On contrary Agrippina was excessively indulgent of her darling son, Nero.

You have a delightful profile
I recognized from the first that you had the features of a Roman matron

The sort who was in the habit of telling sons to return with their shields or on them?
That was the Spartans, I believe

Agrippina shared the sentiment

Didn’t they call the very grand the haute volee ?
The highfliers?

When lit, it didn't give off a clean flame. It produced a large, bright, but highly flickering, smoky, and hissing fire. It would frequently drip hot, burning black tar or grease onto the ground, requiring the person holding it to grip it far down the handle to avoid getting burned

The torch
The Body: A thick, rough wooden stick or a bundled shaft of dried reeds, straw, or river cane.
The Head: The top end was wrapped tightly in tow (coarse, leftover flax or hemp fibers) or thick rags.
The Fuel: The wrapped head was heavily coated and soaked in pitch, pine resin, or tar.

Peregrine, his daunting friend, riding Othello, an Arabian horse who thinks too highly of himself. Catesby riding Oakapple, an old friend. The estate Keynings.

Interesting time, 1765 Just after the French and Indian war. Catesby Burgoyne out of the army in Hanover, feckless and reckless comes across a lady in poverty. Attraction . next meets her & interrupts the wedding, claiming her and knocking out brute in church. He has just become the Earl Malzard. Wedding of honor. Hostile mother and sister-in-law. Good setting

Y llegaron a la guarida de las lobas. Espero que no tarden mucho en echarlas, porque son unas víboras.

A ésta mujer le va a dar un pasmo cuando se entere...

Ufff, muy del estilo de Jo Beverley. Protagonistas se conocen de manera inusual y después se separan... cuándo o cómo volverán a encontrarse? La situación de Prue es desesperada y aunque la entiendo no comulgo con su arribismo, no está en posición de exigir nada... veremos cómo se desarrolla.