Irving takes it on himself to correct Mr. Hickey's permissive attitudes regarding buggery.
If they cannot be vulnerable with one another as brothers, who else will shoulder that weight for them? Who else could survive it? Who else would dare risk their back and their life in the trying?
A kiss is only a kiss.
Fitzjames contends with unparalleled excitations.
A sabre is, by nature, forthright.
What would you have me do? I am a subject,
And challenge law: attorneys are denied me.
Henry of Lancaster has had ample time to think over what he wants and what he intends to do. Not that this is a whole lot of help.
He feels Sui Zhou's smile unlace over his pulse, languid and nude in its amusement. "You've had the morning," he answers, unmoved. "The day won't keep for you."
"You're a landsman at heart, but that can change."
Like a wolf, Hickey senses Crozier's weakness; like a wolf, he descends on him. Like a wolf, he can hardly do anything else.
Aumerle lives to regret many things.