"The dowager rose and slipped from her pew.……" — Eva Ibbotson
"The dowager rose and slipped from her pew. There was the sound of tearing silk as she threw up her arms to embrace her son. Then: "Oh, Rupert, darling," she exclaimed in tones of theatrical despair, "don't you see? The game's up!"
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Eva Ibbotson
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28 Quotes by Eva Ibbotson
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one of the sisters started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good.
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