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And beside him, dressed in black as he had been before, the constable stood watching us as well. Or, more correctly, watching me. ‘Well, now.’ The constable’s voice was as smooth as the fin of a shark slicing water. ‘And who have we here?’
Susanna Kearsley • The Rose Garden

But the humans have her in their grip, and she’ll never get free again.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel

sable
Edith Wharton • House of Mirth
good blood and a good disposition. One
William Maxwell • So Long, See You Tomorrow: Virtage International Edition (Vintage International)
conchology,
Ralph Waldo Emerson • Nature
“You’re a good man,” she said. “I’ve never known anyone like you.”
Philipp Meyer • The Son
Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean overruns the globe.