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Georgette Heyer: "Marquis percaya dirinya keras terhadap sanjungan. Di...

"Marquis percaya dirinya keras terhadap sanjungan. Dia berpikir bahwa dia telah mengalami setiap variasi, tetapi dia mendapati bahwa dia salah: tatapan menyembah terang-terangan di mata seorang anak berusia dua belas tahun, yang dengan cemas terangkat pada miliknya, masih baru baginya, dan itu menembus pertahanannya."

--- Georgette Heyer

Versi Bahasa Inggris

The Marquis believed himself to be hardened against flattery. He thought that he had experienced every variety, but he discovered that he was mistaken: the blatantly worshipful look in the eyes of a twelve-year-old, anxiously raised to his, was new to him, and it pierced his defences.