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“I would have so loved to learn about the Vikings.��
Lillian snorted. “Since when have you been interested in warlike pagans with silly-looking headgear?��
Daisy looked up from her book again. “Are we talking about Grandmother again?”
― Lisa Kleypas, Scandal in Spring

“Indignation caused Mercedes to puff out her cheeks temporarily, causing her narrow face to resemble a set of inflated fireplace bellows. “You don’t like Mr. Swift any more than I do,�� she retorted.
“No,�� Lillian said frankly. “But much as I hate to admit it, that puts us in a minority. Swift is liked by everyone in the northern hemisphere, including Westcliff and his friends, my friends, the servants, the neighbors—��
“You are exaggerating—��
“—children, animals and the higher order of plants,�� Lillian finished sardonically. “If root vegetables could talk, I’ve no doubt they would say they like him, too.��
Daisy, who was sitting by the window with a book, looked up with a sudden grin. “His charm doesn’t extend to poultry,�� she said.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Scandal in Spring