Megan Whalen Turner Quote
He watched Attolia out of the corner of his eye. She was still cool, like a breath of winter in the warm evening air, but in the last few days he had begun to sense a subtle humor in her chilly words. When Gen had complained earlier that evening that Petrus, the palace physician, should stop fussing over him like a worried old woman, Attolia had asked, archly,And me as well?When you stop fussing, Gen had said, slipping to his knees beside her couch, I will sleep with two knives under my pillow.Allolia had looked down at him and said sharply, Don't be ridiculous.Only when Eugenides laughed had Sounis realized her implication: If she ever turned against Eugenides, a second knife wouldn't save him. He almost swallowed the olive in his mouth unchewed.
He watched Attolia out of the corner of his eye. She was still cool, like a breath of winter in the warm evening air, but in the last few days he had begun to sense a subtle humor in her chilly words. When Gen had complained earlier that evening that Petrus, the palace physician, should stop fussing over him like a worried old woman, Attolia had asked, archly,And me as well?When you stop fussing, Gen had said, slipping to his knees beside her couch, I will sleep with two knives under my pillow.Allolia had looked down at him and said sharply, Don't be ridiculous.Only when Eugenides laughed had Sounis realized her implication: If she ever turned against Eugenides, a second knife wouldn't save him. He almost swallowed the olive in his mouth unchewed.
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