“He knew what 'I love you' meant, and he knew it was good, but he didn't understand why it was an explanation for anything.”

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

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“I asked the smith what news? He told me that there was no news that he knew of, since the good news of the beating of the rogues the Scots.”

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Context: Mrs. Lane and I took our journey towards Bristol, resolving to lie at a place called Long Marson, in the vale of Esham.
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