[The c-, she says, before aborting her sentence swiftly and inelegantly. The what, precisely? That has its own connotations in and of itself. The child stands rigid, alert, attentive, with all the air and poise of a soldier in a line-up.]
One can only assume you've a steady income, to afford to throw such things away rather than pawn them off.
[Crisp words, coolly cut; spoken with the obvious assumption that she has no such income.]
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One can only assume you've a steady income, to afford to throw such things away rather than pawn them off.
[Crisp words, coolly cut; spoken with the obvious assumption that she has no such income.]