He was the worst sort of gentry—the sort that mistakes the … - Kelley Armstrong

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He was the worst sort of gentry—the sort that mistakes the luck of birth for an actual accomplishment. As if he chose to be born into money and title and had nothing but contempt for those of us lacking the foresight to do the same.

Kelley Armstrong

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Kelley Armstrong (born 14 December 1968) is a Canadian writer, primarily of fantasy novels.

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Judging by what I read of Lady Inglis’s letter, Victorians are having—and enjoying—sex. They just don’t talk about it. How terribly Victorian of them.

He flips a thruppence my way. I catch it.
“Why thank you, sir. I find I have grown most fond of money.”
“Odd. That seems a common condition among those who do not have it.”

After all, women feign interest in men all the time to better their positions.

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