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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
She turned, pasting a brilliant smile on her face. She was going to charm this man until - until - well, until he was charmed. She opened her mouth to slay him with something utterly witty and sophisticated, but before she could form even a sound, he leaned in closer, his eyes warm and dangerous, and said, "I find myself unbearably curious about that smile." She blinked. If she didn't know better, she'd think that he was trying to charm her. No, she thought with a mental shake of her head. That was impossible. He barely knew her, and while she wasn't the ugliest girl in all of Surrey, she was certainly no siren.
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
But you won't say no."She hated that his confidence was not misplaced, hated that she could refuse him nothing when he held her in his arms. But she loved the crackling awareness that washed over her - a strange sense that for the first time in her life, she understood her own body.
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
Good manners forced her to say, somewhat grudgingly, "Your boots are very nice."He grinned and regarded his footwear, which, though old, appeared very well-made. "Yes, they are, aren't they?""If a bit scuffed," she added."I shall polish them tomorrow," he promised, his somewhat superior look telling her that he refused to rise to her bait."I'm sorry," she said quietly. "That was uncalled for. Compliments should be freely given, without restrictions or qualifications.
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
Oh, go ahead and giggle," Lady Danbury sighed. "I've found that the only way to avoid parental frustration is to view him as a source of amusement.
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
you seemed far too familiar with violence. It was too easy for you. The way you drew your gun ... You'd had far too much experience with it."He leaned forward, his eyes burning into hers. "What I felt in that moment was far from familiar. It was rage, Elizabeth, pure and primitive, and quite unlike anything that's ever before coursed through my veins.
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
She was swaying slightly from side to side, and he could see her shoulders rise and fall with each shuddering breath.He knew that sort of breath. It was the one you drew when you were trying so hard to keep your feelings inside, but you just weren't strong enough.
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
We cannot accept this sort of money from a stranger.''Maybe it's not a stranger,' Susan said.'Then that's even worse!' Elizabeth retorted. 'My God, can you imagine? Some horrid person treating us like puppets, pulling our strings, thinking he can control our destiny?
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
She Looked doubtful."If you insist." "I do." "Very well." With barely a moment for either of them to prepare, she drew back and let fly.Before James had any idea what was happening, he was sprawled on the ground, and his right eye socket was throbbing. Elizabeth, rather than displaying any sort of worry or concern over his health, was jumping up and down,squealing with glee. "I did it! I really did it! Did you see it? Did you see it?" "No," he muttered, "but I felt it".
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
Am I not allowed to have my pride? Or is that an emotion reserved for the elite?
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
It was just a book. An inanimate object. The only power it held was what she chose to give it. It could only be important in her life if she made it such.Of course, that didn't explain why she half expected it to glow in the dark every time she peered into her satchel.
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
But you have told me," Elizabeth protested, "time and again, that the hallmark of civilization is routine."Lady D shrugged and made a fussy little chirping sound. "A lady cannot take it upon herself to occasionally change her routine? All routines need periodic readjustment.
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Julia Quinn _ How to Marry a Marquis
Do you know what I like about you, Elizabeth?"She couldn't even possibly imagine."You're as kind and good a person as they come," he continued, "but unlike most kind and good people, you don't preach or cloy, or try to make everyone else kind and good ... And underneath all that kindness and goodness, you seem to possess a wicked sense of humor, no matter how hard you occasionally try to suppress it.
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