Mother,” Hyacinth said with a great show of solicitude,
"you know I love you dearly-”
"Why is it,” Violet pondered, "that I have come to expect
nothing good when I hear a sentence beginning in
that manner? (Julia Quinn)

Mother,” Hyacinth said with a great show of solicitude, "you know I love you dearly-” "Why is it,” Violet pondered, "that I have come to expect nothing good when I hear a sentence beginning in that manner?

Julia Quinn

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