Swallowtail & Sword: The Scholar's Book of Story & Song by H. Leighton Dickson

Author:H. Leighton Dickson [Dickson, H. Leighton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction
Published: 2015-04-30T04:00:00+00:00

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There was only a candle between them.

“There is not much to know,” Sun Ghanem had said, “Of the differences between men and women.”

“But I want to know,” she told him. “I want to know everything.”

“You are barely a woman yourself. How many summers? Thirteen?”

“It is enough,” and she lowered her thick black lashes, knowing he would not resist. “Teach me.”

He smiled at her.

“Women are all the Kingdoms,” purred the prefect. “Innocent as doves. Cunning as serpents. Soft as butterflies. Strong as eagles. But men? Men are oxen – strong, bullheaded…”

He blew out the candle.

“And easily led.”

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