““You're confusing desire and love,' she said, watching him. 'They are not the same.' 'I do love you. I feel near to murder at the idea of you marrying another man, and that's the truth of the matter.' 'Desire is bloody, perjured, full of blame.' Ewan walked up the steps to her. 'Is that poetry?' 'Yes.' 'I don't like the sound of it. There's something nasty about that poet.' 'It's Shakespeare,' Annabel said. Ewan obviously dismissed Shakespeare as a lost cause. 'We would be happy together,' he said.””
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