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THE MANOR, 1349
They moved to the country manor in the autumn of
1349, when plague was still raging through the city. "It's very well you haven't crushed the poor
little thing to death with this confounded clothes'-bag. Aroused by the sound of the church bells, he resolved, at whatever risk, to attend
Divine service. The point is, I know all the tricks in finding a man. “So I see that you have become content with your
hardscrabble existence, your week-to-week survival, your
Martin Chen!”
“Who?”
“Your limp-wristed lover!”
“Um. "I would sacrifice all my fortune—all my hopes
—to liberate him. “You let him touch you!” John whispered back. The small grey feathers of her exquisitely shaped fan waved gently backwards
and forwards. “I have given it up,” she answered. "What is it you want of me?"
"All you know about this young fellow Spurlock. “I’d have to sneak out after everyone was asleep. And one must—some of it must slip through
one’s fingers. It was a
precious thing, a beautiful cabochon—do you know what
that is?”
“What’s a cabochon?”
“It’s a precious jewel that doesn’t have facets yet. She would never forget the agony of that first meal in the great dining room. Members of the crowd
looked over their shoulders and stared at her through the
smoky haze.
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