Sylvia had given him a ...

Sylvia had given him a scalding lecture, the gist of it being that whatever a woman enjoyed wearing was feminine and anything she didn't enjoy wearing wasn't, and if he was too stubborn and old fashioned to understand that, he could go and soak his head in a bucket of cold water. He hadn't quite forgiven her yet for saying they would have to look hard to find a bucket big enough to fit his head in to, but he admired the sass behind the remark.
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Lucivar winced. "She guzzled half the flask — and it wasn't one of his home brews, it was the concoction you created." Jaenelle’s eyes widened. You let her drink a ‘gravedigger’? No no no, Wilhelmina said, shaking her head. You shouldn’t ever drink a gravedigger until he’s had a bath. She smiled placidly when Jaenelle and Lucivar just stared at her. Mother Night, Lucivar muttered. Do you know that song? Wilhelmina asked Jaenelle.
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Mother Night and May The Darkness Be Merciful!
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A woman with an education may be able to spend more time sitting in a chair instead of lying on her back. A sound advantage, I should think.
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Opportunities and choices. When a person makes a heart wish, that wish resonates through the currents and things will happen to give the person an opportunity to make the wish come true. Like a hand offered and accepted.
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Daemon had written: "What do you do when she asks a question no man would give a child an answer to?" Saetan had replied: "Hope you're obliging enough to answer it for me. However, if you're backed into a corner, refer her to me. I've become accustomed to being shocked.
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