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"I see"

"And then ht me into Free’s way" He sed "And… And…"

"And she bowled you over" There was a glint of a smile on Marshall’s face

"Precisely I don’t even kno it happened Onein the world, and the next… I was standing there, utterly cynical about everything except her It was the "

And yet it wasn’t ridiculous at all He could reether When she’d first told hiht When she’d knocked on the door of Stephen’s roo in the charwoman, and he’d jumped for theWhen she’d looked him in the eyes and told him that he saw only the river, not the roses It wasn’t ridiculous that he loved her; it was theon the planet He hadn’t realized that he was rifling through those first estured for hi I kneas that if she knew the truth--if she knew everything about me--she’d never have hter can be a bit impulsive sometimes" He cleared his throat "Hypothetically, if aabsence with a special license and a terrible reason to ed and steeled himself for as to come "Mr Marshall I don’t knohat Free would want, but for God’s sake, don’t let hter I married her by trickery, and she’s miserable now It would be much easier if you could just beatold I never beat a man into a bloody pulp before breakfast anyood to stew Come on in and meet my wife"

Edward stared at hiht with your daughter under the color of lies"

Marshall inhaled, shaking his head "Have you spent any ti the night with her, she’d be furious with me She would tell hter’s body, and we’ve had that fight twice already I’m not about to repeat it"

"But--"

Mr Marshall s froo on, and by your own admission, you’re a liar So I can hardly trust your account of the e, but youmy damned best not to wound you permanently, because it could make Christmases aard for many years to coave him a not-quite pleasant smile "Then I’ll have my chance"

For just a moment, Edward felt as if his head had burst into flames This was not how he’d envisioned this conversation proceeding Not at all

And that, strangely, hat , because that feeling of being utterly turned about was all too faets that from you, I see"

"Gets what?"

"That ability to set the world on its head"

There was a long pause after that "No," Marshall finally said "You should come in and e" Genevieve sat next to A sofa Their skirts did not quite touch--Amanda had twitched hers out of the hen Genevieve sat down But they were close enough that A in a low, insistent rhyth the paper all by herself yesterday, and if I’et no rest at all"