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“Jane says, ‘He asked me if I would be his good mistress.’ They exchange glances. There is a difference between a mistress and a good mistress: does Jane know that? The first implies concubinage. The second, something less immediate: an exchange of tokens, a chaste and languorous admiration, a…” quote by Hilary Mantel — Download Open image

““Jane says, ‘He asked me if I would be his good mistress.’ They exchange glances. There is a difference between a mistress and a good mistress: does Jane know that? The first implies concubinage. The second, something less immediate: an exchange of tokens, a chaste and languorous admiration, a prolonged courtship…””

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