it would be a fair assessment to say that petrana may in fact owe julius an apology. it would be more appealing to say out loud if she felt she would have any leg to stand on in suggesting that they both might owe him one, really, but—
well, it doesn't quite feel the same, does it, when marcus bears the scars of his grievous wound and she has come out of her mishap unscathed and at profit. had it been terrifying? had it been terrible? and yet. )
I have long known him to be a most patient man, ( is what she finally says, ) but I have pressed him to be rather strenuously, I suspect.
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it would be a fair assessment to say that petrana may in fact owe julius an apology. it would be more appealing to say out loud if she felt she would have any leg to stand on in suggesting that they both might owe him one, really, but—
well, it doesn't quite feel the same, does it, when marcus bears the scars of his grievous wound and she has come out of her mishap unscathed and at profit. had it been terrifying? had it been terrible? and yet. )
I have long known him to be a most patient man, ( is what she finally says, ) but I have pressed him to be rather strenuously, I suspect.