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"We’re in a large, basically empty room," Phoebe said fro, I can hear everything"

Pandora turned to flee, but Gabrielto try this with me," he told her

"What is the matter with you?" Pandora demanded "If you deliberately tried to co activity for me to attempt in my currently unstable e, she looked at Phoebe and spread her palms upward, as if to ask what could be done with such an ilance "We have two perfectly nice parents," she said "I have no idea how he turned out this way"

"I want to teach you how my parents learned to waltz," Gabriel told Pandora "It’s slower and raceful than the current fashion There are fewer turns, and the steps are gliding rather than springing"

"It doesn’t matter how many turns there are I can’t even do one turn"

Gabriel’s expression was unyielding Clearly he didn’t intend to let her leave the drawing room until she humored him

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"I won’t push you too hard," he said gently

"You’re pushingwith outrage "What do you want?" she asked through gritted teeth

Her pulse was pounding in her ears, nearly obscuring his quiet murmur "I want you to trust me"

To Pandora’s horror, the tears that wouldn’t come earlier now threatened to burst out She sed repeatedly and willed theainst the caress of his hand at her waist "Why don’t you trust me?" she asked bitterly "I’ve already told you this is impossible, but apparently I have to prove it Very well I’m not afraid of ritual humiliation: I’ve survived three h a waltz for your amuseed her gaze to Phoebe "I ht as well tell you: er, and now one ear is mostly deaf and I have no balance"

To her relief, Phoebe didn’t look pitying, only concerned "That’s appalling"

"I just wanted you to know there’s a reasonof a de se that"