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There are words to describe her, my dear, but one does not repeat them in polite company.

Gail Carriger

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Gail Carriger
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: May 4
Archaeologist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Bolinas
California
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He dinna act like an Alpha. He does in some areas.
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A vampire, like a lady, never reveals his true age.
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And I find perfect beauty excessively boring, don't you?
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These things, regrettably, are bound to occur when one is married and befriended.
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I do not giggle without purpose. Lady Linette says you should never misapply a giggle.
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I love him so very much. As Romeo did Jugurtha, as Pyramid did Thirsty, as- Oh, please, no need to elaborate further, interjected Alexia, wincing. But what would my family SAY to such a union? They would say that yours hats had leaked into your head, muttered Alexia, unheard under her breath.
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He is clearly bookish. I did not follow a single word of their conversation at dinner last night, not one jot of it. He must be bookish.
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His lordship can eat my fat—
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Lord Maccon reflected upon the state of his life wherein he had somehow gained a spouse who could not give a pig's foot for the latest dresses out of Paris but who whined about not owning an aethographic transmitter. Well, at least the two were comparable obsessions so far as expense was concerned.
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Oh, Professor Lyall, are you making a funny? It doesn’t suit you.” The sandy-haired Beta gave Lady Maccon a dour look. “I am exploring new personality avenues.” “Well, stop it.” “Yes, my lady.
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My petal. Westminster’s toy had tea issues. Thank Biffy and Lyall. Toodle pip. A.
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His eyes were jet-colored circles of perpetual disapproval.
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Ah, Ivy, thought Alexia happily, spreading a verbal fog wherever she goes.
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