No fewer than four of my esteemed elders told me I was on no account t…

Cassandra Clare
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No fewer than four of my esteemed elders told me I was on no account to ever converse with you, so I vowed that I would know you. My name is Edmund Herondale. May I ask your name? They reffered to you only as 'that disgraceful one-warlock show. ✨ Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale, p.11, Simon and Schuster
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