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It didn’t matter that they were terrible at being parents; they were also very rich, which meant they could pay other people to love Alec.
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Rutherford was a historian, after all, and secretly enjoyed it when the truth did injury to modern sensibilities.
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“When will you stop this metaphysical nonsense?” said Edward wearily. “But I suppose you’ve no other way to look at the matter, born as you were in an age of superstitious piety.”
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“Alec is beautiful,” said Jill, bending down to kiss him.
“Like a mushroom cloud!” scoffed Balkister.
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“How, in this day and age, can any one of you claim to be better than your fellow human beings?”
“Because we are,” said Marilyn Deighton-True with a shrug. “Face reality, Giles, or it will face you. You can spout all the socialiste nouveau crap you like, but it simply doesn’t apply to a meritocracy.”
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“Consigned to everlasting fire,” said Nicholas in a faint voice. He had gone white as chalk.
“No, you medieval imbecile!” Edward clenched his fists. “You still have no grasp of the truth, have you? Leave your angels and devils in the trash of history, where they belong.”
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