Every gift is edged.

“One day, perhaps, you will see for yourself that regrets are as nothing. The va…”

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“Ben Adaephon Delat," Pearl said plaintively, "see the last who comes. You send …”

“So you say, with your shiny hair and pouty lips - and those breasts - just wait…”