5/11/2023 0 Comments At Your Pleasure by Meredith Duran'Do not imagine my loyalty is unthinking. She locked eyes with him for a hard second. And unthinking loyalty is no virtue by my account.' Even the lowliest drone might count on his brethren's support, and I think - I think there is great virtue, great comfort, in such brotherhood.' When one of their own is threatened, they rouse in unison to defend him. And yet - one cannot say their docility signifies stupidity, or any dullness of sentiment. They are quite Christian in their industry, don't you think? Unceasing in their duties. Written on Your Skinmarks a shift in tonefrom spinster to femme fatale, and from reckless libertine to cool-tempered spy.The story opens in Hong Kong.Mina, who has mastered the art of hiding desperation behind batting lashes and a pretty smile, discovers that her stepfather’s houseguest is not who he says he is. Besides, Mandeville wrongs the poor bees in his verse. 'Do you mean to follow Mandeville, and argue that bees show how self-interest and vice might profit the world?' The hesitance was new to her, and it grated him, for it suggested an unpleasant history - one in which her youthful confidence had been eroded, gradually, by men who took no interest in her thoughts. She gave him a frown, as though doubting the sincerity of his interest. “Rather stupid creatures, aren't they?' he said to draw her eyes back to this.
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