I'll be your minister-- Of the exchequer? You'd rob me blind. I would …

Megan Whalen Turner
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I'll be your minister-- Of the exchequer? You'd rob me blind. I would never steal from you, he'd said hotly. Oh? Where is my tourmaline necklace? Where are my missing earrings? That necklace was hideous. It was the only way to keep you from wearing it. My earrings? What earrings? ✨ The Queen of Attolia. Book by Megan Whalen Turner, April 2000.
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