It sounded well. It sounded rational, even, if you were not Francis Crawford. Put him, blindfold, in a closed room anywhere in the world …
Lymond said, 'And that is your only excuse?'
And Sybilla met his gaze with eyes as uncompromising as his own. 'I thought I was the excuse for your whole way of life?' she said calmly.
And nothing had prepared him for that.
Lymond said, 'And that is your only excuse?'
And Sybilla met his gaze with eyes as uncompromising as his own. 'I thought I was the excuse for your whole way of life?' she said calmly.
And nothing had prepared him for that.
( Dorothy Dunnett )
[ Checkmate ]
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