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  1. Public Bookmark 52

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    “What may I do for you, Sir Knight?”

    “My name is Vanec, good smith. I would much rather leave the formality at court, if that does not offend you.”

    Grieg nodded, approving.

    “Most here call me Grieg,” he said. “I avoid court as much as I can."

    “A sensible decision.” Vanec hefted a large canvas bag up into Grieg’s line of sight. “In here is my old breastplate. It took a hit a few weeks back and I would very much appreciate it if you could straighten it out for me.”

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    08 Dec 2022

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    A forced marriage story. With a colorful twist.

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    08 Dec 2022

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    "If there were any other way to have you," Sombret said, stopping Michel, who had one hand on the door. "Then that's how I would have you. If I could court you, even trick you, I would. But this is not an ideal world, Lord Howard. Not even a polite one. If I am to keep you, it cannot be by polite means."

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    11 Nov 2021

  4. Public Bookmark 63

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    Hiram Kalloway joined the naval service at the late age of thirteen, his mother having insisted on him remaining home until that age in order to gain some additional polish.

    Over the years, Hiram gained a reputation for being an odd, bookish sort, but a fair enough captain who fought like a devil and read the sea like a lover, and kept to himself for the most part. Hiram knew he had a good reputation, as these things went, but also rather a peculiar one. He swam, because he liked it, which was considered very odd, and he did not eat jellied desserts, because he did not like them. He detested any number of naval practices that were standard on other ships, and turned a blind eye to others, and as a result he had been called an odd duck more than once.

    And that was all fine, until he met Isaac Upton, a ship's master with a sharp tongue and a sharper temper, a man who seemed willing to castigate any and all members of the Admiralty who were inclined to cheat his captain, regardless of their power or influence.

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    09 Nov 2021

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    “Ah. Here is a young man transfixed. Do you like Hunt, sir?"
    "Do I like him?" Phil tore his eyes from the painting before him and marvelled at the stranger at his elbow. Like him? One might as well ask do you like Michaelangelo? Do you like Homer? Do you like the Alps?
     
    An art enthusiast with a talent for meteorology meets (arguably) the Finest Painter in England. But impressing your idol can be damned hard work, especially when he's all pride and prejudice, and you're all sensibility and no sense. Heavy weather ahead...

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    04 Nov 2021

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