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"The Princess graciously waved to the throngs of supporters gathered outside her country's embassy." A load of manure, that's what that was. Why couldn't they tell the real story? Her eyes were like stars. She forgot to be shy when she smiled. She moved like a dancer when not weighed down by formal gowns and jewels. She could earn her living as a cook, if only she had someone to cook for.
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26 Dec 2025
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The Narrow Squeak by Lilliburlero for disenchanted
Fandoms: Raffles - E. W. Hornung, Raffles (TV 1977)
25 Dec 2025
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'Yet it was whispered in the school that he was in the habit of parading the town at night in loud checks and a false beard. It was whispered, and disbelieved. I alone knew it for a fact; for night after night had I pulled the rope up after him when the rest of the dormitory were asleep, and kept awake by the hour to let it down again on a given signal. Well, one night he was over-bold, and within an ace of ignominious expulsion in the hey-day of his fame. Consummate daring and extraordinary nerve on his part, aided, doubtless, by some little presence of mind on mine, averted the untoward result; and no more need be said of a discreditable incident. [...]
' "I've been thinking of that night we had the narrow squeak," he began.' - 'The Ides of March'
A version of the 'discreditable incident', as a Christmas present for my dear disenchanted.
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25 Dec 2025
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BERNARD: I think everyone imagines going to their own funeral, at some point. Wandering among the mourners, listening to what they say about you. And in a sense, everyone does. We bring them with us, different versions of them. Lovers, colleagues, rivals.
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21 Dec 2025
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The Library at Night (Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire) by slowascent for stop_theworld
Fandoms: Arcadia - Stoppard
21 Dec 2009
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The library at night is a function of the library by day.
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19 Dec 2025
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To know George Everett was to become his intimate.
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19 Dec 2025