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  1. Winston Graham _ The Angry Tide

    So do I. But I am a good friend of hers now. We are deeply attached to each other. Perhaps in time she would forgive me.' 'What are you trying to say?' 'I'm trying to say that if I told her what had happened between us she would be hurt. But no more so, I believe, than you hurt her in London.' Ross put down his knife. 'I don't understand that at all.' 'You killed a man because of her. Oh, I know it was his challenge. And I know the quarrel was about some seat in the House. And I know you disliked each other from the start. But it was really because of her that you killed him, wasn't it?' 'Partly, yes. But I don't see-' 'Ross, when you fought Monk Adderley, it was not really him you were killing, was it.' 'Wasn't it?' 'No . . . it was Hugh Armitage.' He took a gulp of wine this time. 'Damn you, Caroline, it was a plain straightforward duel-' 'It was nothing of the sort, and you know it! You killed him because you couldn't kill Hugh Armitage,
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  2. Winston Graham _ Demelza

    Sir Hugh squeezed her arm so often that Demelza began to wonder if the show was all a pretext for being with her in dark and drafty places. In one room, where the wind was so high that they might have been out of doors, the rear lantern went out and Sir Hugh put his short, thick arm around her waist. But she slipped away with a faint rustle of silk and moved quickly up to Ross. The stables were the best-
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