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Post by Richard on Oct 10, 2007 17:30:08 GMT -5
"She'd found a job at a pie shop in London."
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Post by Teddy on Oct 10, 2007 17:31:48 GMT -5
Sweeney tried very hard to suppress a bout of guffaws. Unfortunately, he failed, and was bending over with laughter.
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Post by Richard on Oct 10, 2007 17:32:24 GMT -5
"I beg your pardon!?"
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Post by Teddy on Oct 10, 2007 17:32:59 GMT -5
"P-pie shop... Lovett..." he managed to gasp between laughs.
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Post by Richard on Oct 10, 2007 17:34:40 GMT -5
Richard pouched his cheeks in indignation for a moment before continuing, with a bit of an edge in his voice, "So I knocked on the door and out she came, her hands all red and flour on her face and in her hair and dressed in rags..."
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Post by Teddy on Oct 10, 2007 17:36:39 GMT -5
Sweeney stopped laughing and went on listening.
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Post by Richard on Oct 10, 2007 17:37:34 GMT -5
"Two days later, we were married."
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Post by Teddy on Oct 10, 2007 17:38:56 GMT -5
"...Wow. That's quite a way to start off."
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Post by Richard on Oct 10, 2007 17:42:15 GMT -5
"It had to be rather small. She and I discussed it and realized that it would help both of us.
"But we were both so young. It seems so odd looking back on how young we were. I was nineteen, and- well, look at me now and add the vestiges of adolescence. And Anne was plump and awkward and frightened and already far taller than I was-"
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Post by Teddy on Oct 10, 2007 17:43:35 GMT -5
"How tall are you, anyway?" he asked, getting rather bored with the story and feeling a little mean.
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Post by Richard on Oct 10, 2007 17:44:18 GMT -5
"Shorter than everyone else in my family."
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Post by Teddy on Oct 10, 2007 17:46:55 GMT -5
He smirked. "Really? I'm not surprised."
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Post by Richard on Oct 10, 2007 17:48:32 GMT -5
Richard gave him a you're-awfully-proud-of-your-half-inch-advantage glare, coughed loudly, and continued, "There were customs back then regarding what happened... after the wedding."
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Post by Teddy on Oct 10, 2007 17:55:47 GMT -5
He nodded. He had a feeling he knew what those customs were.
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Post by Richard on Oct 10, 2007 17:58:57 GMT -5
"The guests were allowed to watch."
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