Chapter 9

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What I have done to earn your attentions I cannot pretend to know. How do you know, dear sir, you truly desire me? Perhaps if I remove this mask, you will not like what you see. What I have done to earn your attentions I cannot pretend to know. How do you know, dear sir, you truly desire me? Perhaps if I remove this mask, you will not like what you see.FROM A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE PEACOCK Jack was in the stables feeding Starlight carrots and apple slices. The smell of hay had always soothed him. He was about to pick up a brush and comb out Starlight’s dark hair when the footman said their guests had arrived. “Maybe next time, my love,” Jack said, and touched the animal’s soft muzzle, feeling the bristles there. He gathered that their guests must be Lady Clara and her mother, given th

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