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“Bertie’s gaze fell there and his blue eyes widened. “Deuce take you, Jess,�� he said crossly. “Can’t a fellow trust you for a moment? How many times do I have to tell you to leave my friends alone?��

Miss Trent coolly withdrew her hand.

Trent gave Dain an apologetic look. “Don’t pay it any mind, Dain. She does that to all the chaps. I don’t know why she does it, when she don’t want ‘em. Just like them fool cats of Aunt Louisa’s. Go to all the bother of catching a mouse, and then the confounded things won’t eat ’em. Just leave the corpses lying about for someone else to pick up.��

Miss Trent’s lips quivered.”
― Loretta Chase, Lord of Scoundrels

“�� and the Baudelaire orphans climbed aboard, turning the tables of their lives and breaking their unfortunate cycle for the very first time.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto