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Post by Mary Blithe on Mar 21, 2009 0:10:27 GMT -5
"I can make a living, easy enough. Work isn't hard to come by. And then we could get a house, on the sea, if you like. And you'd be feeling better within a month with nothing but fresh sea air and good, fresh food ever day. None of these doctors crowding dark, dismal rooms trying to bleed you to death before your time."
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Laluna
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Dama Eydis Gu?var?sson
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Post by Laluna on Mar 21, 2009 0:12:52 GMT -5
"You want to have a life with me?" She asked, cautiously.
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Post by Mary Blithe on Mar 21, 2009 0:14:21 GMT -5
"Well, of course," he looked surprised. "It's a good plan, isn't it?"
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Laluna
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Post by Laluna on Mar 21, 2009 0:15:56 GMT -5
Eydis was a bit stunned. "That itself is quite like a proposal......"
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Post by Mary Blithe on Mar 21, 2009 0:18:08 GMT -5
"Oh, no!" Lárus shook his head immediately. "Not at all! I mean, well, not that I wouldn't want to marry you, but... devil it ... that came out the wrong way..." he took a moment to think, then said. "It's not a proposal."
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Laluna
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Post by Laluna on Mar 21, 2009 0:21:03 GMT -5
Eydis was blushing bright pink. "I am sorry- I just misunderstood..."
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Post by Mary Blithe on Mar 21, 2009 0:22:39 GMT -5
"It's all right," he quickly recovered. "You'll find a man - someone you really do love, and I'll find a woman. And we'll make it."
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Laluna
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Post by Laluna on Mar 21, 2009 0:25:59 GMT -5
She nodded. "It will break my brother's heart, well it will ruin him--" She paused to cough, "--but I'll go with you, Lárus."
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Post by Mary Blithe on Mar 21, 2009 0:27:21 GMT -5
He looked as if he hadn't expected it. "Really?" he brightened.
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Laluna
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Post by Laluna on Mar 21, 2009 0:29:52 GMT -5
Eydis nodded again slowly. "I will."
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Post by Mary Blithe on Mar 21, 2009 0:32:36 GMT -5
He jumped to his feet. "Well, then! What are we waiting on?"
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Laluna
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Post by Laluna on Mar 21, 2009 0:34:00 GMT -5
Eydis smiled. "Let me write a letter to my brother first..."
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Post by Mary Blithe on Mar 21, 2009 0:36:09 GMT -5
"Of course," Lárus nodded. "You need to pack your things, as well. Here," he produced a suitcase from under her bed.
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Laluna
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Post by Laluna on Mar 21, 2009 0:39:04 GMT -5
She nodded and opened her wardrobe, pulling out a few dresses and then setting them in the suitcase. After a while she stopped and looked down at the dresses in her hand and shook her head. "I can't believe I'm doing this- this is...so unlike me..."
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Post by Mary Blithe on Mar 21, 2009 0:40:18 GMT -5
"That's because I'm here, playing devil on your shoulder," he reminded her, perching on her windowsill.
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