“Will you marry me, vile and abominable girl that you are?

Yes, but, mind, it only to save my neck from being wrung!”

— Georgette Heyer , book The Grand Sophy

Source: The Grand Sophy

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British historical romance and detective fiction novelist 1902–1974

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