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“I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.”
“Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!”
“Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will.”
“And yet Praecursoris is not punished the same way, only because it is not practical, and he is needed for breeding?”
“And we must still try or we would be leaving our friends to fight without us. I think this is what you have meant by duty, all along; I do understand, at least this much of it.”
“Next you will cry about taxation without representation, and throw a basket of tea into the harbor. You are indeed a very Jacobin at heart, and I think I must give up trying to cure you of it; I ca...”
“I will tell you what we shall do: if ever you need to rescue Catherine, or you Berkley, Maximus, I will help you, and you will do as much for me. Then we do not need to worry, I do not suppose anyo...”
