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She was up again at that.In love? You? Nonsense! Nonsense! Nonsense! You do not know what the word means. You are like a--like a fish, with no more love in you than a fish, and no more heart than a fish, and--Spare me the rest, I beg. I am very clammy, I make no doubt, but you will at least accord me more brain than a fish?

Georgette Heyer

She was up again at that.In love? You? Nonsense! Nonsense! Nonsense! You do not know what the word means. You are like a--like a fish, with no more love in you than a fish, and no more heart than a fish, and--Spare me the rest, I beg. I am very clammy, I make no doubt, but you will at least accord me more brain than a fish?

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