“In March of 1915, all three of Lord and Lady Chetwynd-Pitt's sons'd been gassed, blown up or machine-gunned in the very same week at the battle of Neuve-Chapelle. All three. Imagine that: On Monday, you've got three sons, by Friday you've got none. Lady Albertina had just, y'know, caved in. Physically, mentally, spiritually, brutally.”
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“Nada mas caro, que objeto que no tiene precio.”
“Primero, (...) convencelos de que eres feliz aqui, (...) porque solo así dejarán de vigilarte.”
“Se paga a un ejercito durante mil días, para usarlo solo uno.”
“Mi verdadero nombre no se lo digo a nadie, para que nadie pueda robarmelo.”