Character Quotes — The Convergence

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“I was hoping that you would have time to talk to Becka… about your intentions.” Mistress Elizabeth hedged. “She is a very impressionable girl and…”

With an exasperated groan, her master cut her off. “Tell her that I’m betrothed to Lady Halsenor and that she is better off continuing with her own marriage plans.”

The housekeeper cocked her head disapprovingly. “Are you?”

Dharromar  gave  her  a  level  glare.  “Do  you  want your daughter to marry the man you chose for her or continue pining over me?” he asked. She relented, recognizing his tone. “Now, I will need two hundred thousand pents’ worth in gemstones from the treasury for my trip. And, I will need Buster saddled and ready in half an hour.”

Her mouth was agape. “Two hundred thousand? I think  I’m  having  a  heart  attack.”  She  gasped  and grabbed her ample bosom in mild shock.

“Well, I’ve got a…

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CHARACTER QUOTES: OVER HER DEAD BODY BY KAREN VAUGHAN

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Before I could get back to the office and get to work I ran right smack into, who else but my ex-husband Louie coming out of the kitchen with a tray of food.

We stood there and stared at each other not wanting to be the first person to speak.  The food was all over the floor.  I managed to say, “You might want to get that cleaned up.”  I dashed off to the bathroom to be ill.

I hadn’t seen Lou since our divorce several years earlier.  I had divorced him post haste when he announced in front of most of the GTA on Speaker’s Corner that he was indeed gay and was proclaiming his ever-lasting devotion to his same sex lover.  He hadn’t considered breaking it to the poor wife first and I guess the humiliation was worse than the heartbreak.  I had just lost a baby and…

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