British bulldog Quotes

“It was nearly ten years since the peace though her memories of the war still felt fresh.”

“Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French.”

“Mirabelle sat down, dropping into the cushions like a ball being caught in a large leather glove.
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“Escapers were the cream of the crop.”

“Afternoon drinkers shifted in the gloom as if they sensed new blood.”

“She tried to focus on the element of riddle or at least puzzle contained in the letter and ignore the sense of doom that was sweeping through her like clouds rolling to the shore over open water.
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“If there’s one shade a woman of colour can’t wear it’s got to be the one everyone expects, hasn’t it?”

“Parisians were not easy to engage in conversation. Perhaps that was why the Resistance had been so successful.”

“A chap’s impending death has a way of focusing the mind.
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