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Professor Braithwope, shimmering out of his room fully clothed and dapper. His mustache was a fluffy caterpillar of curiosity, perched and ready to inquire, dragging the vampire along behind it on the investigation.

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Mustache, Curiosity, Vampire

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Lord Maccon was built like a brick outhouse, with opinions twice as unmoving and often equally full of crap.

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Bricks, Opinion, Lord

Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.48, Hachette UK

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And I find perfect beauty excessively boring, don't you?

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Perfect, Boring, Perfect Beauty

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How was I to know idiocy was only a temporary condition, especially in your case? It never has been before!

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Cases, Idiocy, Knows

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Lord Akeldama did so love to know all the gossip about the mundane world, but it was in the manner of a cat amusing himself among the butterflies without a need to interfere should their wings get torn off. They were only butterflies, after all.

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Butterfly, Cat, Wings

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What do you want?" Sophronia was moved to exasperation. "Me? Stockings and breeches to come back in fashion. I do miss seeing a man's calves.

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Fashion, Men, Missing

Gail Carriger (2016). “The Finishing School Complete Collection”, p.461, Hachette UK

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But we were talking about me and my problems." Sophronia looked Monique up and down gravely. "I don't think we're going to solve those in the space of one carriage ride.

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Thinking, Talking, Space

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Here, I stole it for you. Why don’t you tell me what it’s for.” “Aw, Sophronia, how thoughtful. You brought me a present!

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Thoughtful

Gail Carriger (2013). “Curtsies and Conspiracies: Number 2 in series”, p.26, Hachette UK

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Lord Maccon asked meekly, shifting against her in a manner that ensured she realized the nibbling had affected his outsides just as much as her insides. Alexia was partly shocked, partly intrigued by the idea that as he was naked, she might actually get to see what he looked like. She had seen sketches of the nude male, of course, for purely technical purposes. She was given to wonder if werewolves were anatomically bigger in certain areas.

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Ideas, Males, Naked

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These feelings you engender in me, my lord, are most indelicate. You should stop causing them immediately.

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Feelings, Lord, Should

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Lady Maccon stopped suddenly. Her husband got four long strides ahead before he realized she had paused. She was starring thoughtfully up into the aether, twirling the deadly parasol about her head. "I have just remembered something," Alexia said when he returned to her side. "Oh, that explains everything. How foolish of me to think you could walk and remember at the same time.

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Husband, Thinking, Long

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What if I arrange to be around Lord Akeldama during the full moon?” The earl looked daggers. “I am certain he would be extremely helpful in a fight. He could ruthlessly flatter all your attackers into abject submission.

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Fighting, Moon, What If

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As with most things in life, Lady Maccon preferred the civilized exterior to the dark underbelly (with the exception of pork products, of course.)

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Dark, Things In Life, Pork

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Lyall had spent centuries nibbling about the great layered cake that was polite society while Lord Akeldama acted the part of the frosting on its top.

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Cake, Nibbling, Lord

Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.166, Hachette UK

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The bowl landed, in glorious perfection, atop the head of Mrs Barnaclegoose, who was not the kind of woman to appreciate the finer points of being crowned by trifle.

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Appreciate, Perfection, Kind

Gail Carriger (2013). “Etiquette and Espionage: Number 1 in series”, p.4, Hachette UK

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I do not giggle without purpose. Lady Linette says you should never misapply a giggle.

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Purpose, Should, Giggle

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Sophronia was minding her own business and running late to luncheon, as was her custom. She'd let to learn the advantage of punctuality. As she told Sister Mattie the third time she was late to household potions and poisons, nothing interesting happened until after an event commenced.

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Running, Interesting, Events

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The important question is, what will your wear for a wedding dress, Alexia? You look horrible in white.

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White, Important, Dresses

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Quietly Sophronia added, "And the soot on my dress, sir?" "I didn't see anything." Professor Braithwope smiled down at her, showing a small hint of fang. Sophronia grinned back. "I'm glad we understand each other, sir." The vampire looked out into the night. "This is the right finishing school for you, isn't it, whot?" "Yes sir, I think it might very well be." "A piece of advice, Miss Temminnick?" "Sir?" "It is a great skill to have friends in low places. They, too, have things to teach you." "Now, sir, I thought you didn't see any soot.

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School, Night, Thinking

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Lord Maccon reflected upon the state of his life wherein he had somehow gained a spouse who could not give a pig's foot for the latest dresses out of Paris but who whined about not owning an aethographic transmitter. Well, at least the two were comparable obsessions so far as expense was concerned.

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Pigs, Two, Paris

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But I don't want to be a vampire drone.' Sophronia winced. 'They'll suck my blood and make me wear only the very latest fashions.

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Fashion, Blood, Vampire

Gail Carriger (2013). “Etiquette and Espionage: Number 1 in series”, p.6, Hachette UK

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I suppose that saves us from having to determine what to do with a butler who goes around killing people. It certainly reflects badly upon our domestic staff. Still, I shall miss him. There was a man who knew how to brew a good cup of tea.

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Men, People, Missing

Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.233, Hachette UK

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