Jessamine recoiled from the paper as if it were a snake. A lady does n…

Cassandra Clare
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Jessamine recoiled from the paper as if it were a snake. A lady does not read the newspaper. The society pages, perhaps, or the theater news. Not this filth. But you are not a lady, Jessamine---, Charlotte began. Dear me, said Will. Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion. ✨ Cassandra Clare (2011). Clockwork Angel, p.115, Simon and Schuster
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