Lesley R. Winters

THE STABLE BOY

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“Looks like you need some help,” The Stable Boy told Frederick, and in a moment he had slipped his muscled

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1. N. Gregory Mankiw in “Sugar Daddy; or, the Over-Generous Benefactor” 2. Philip J. Fisher in “Seduction of a Proper

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“Incest?” said The Stable Boy. “Wivout e’en a peep of a doubt,” replied Oliver K. Swindleton, rubbing his hands together.

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Frederick could not help singing as he dressed that morning. It was good to be back home in England. “I

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Roxanna sped from the garden, her hands as white as cream and her cheeks flushed with feeling. She had resisted

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When Roxanna came through the front door of that villa on the hill, the afternoon’s buttery sunshine seemed to trail

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Deep in the lower galleries of the Uffizi, a marble statue of Narcissus gazed into his mirrored pool. The statue

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Frederick, Felicity, and Prince Filippo Fumagalli entered the narrow courtyard of the Uffizi, their footsteps ringing off the pavement stones

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A keening whistle sounded over the Italian countryside as a small train appeared in the middle distance. At the fairground

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Monsieur Jacques had never had to paint in such proportions before. His brush erect above the canvas, he paused, deliberated,