swiftletinthecloud:“Bess, a throne is worth nothing if you are not beside me; my bed is cold if you
swiftletinthecloud:“Bess, a throne is worth nothing if you are not beside me; my bed is cold if you are not next to me.”“You sound like a poet, Robin, and not a very truthful one.”“No poet, Bess.”“What, then?” She knew his answer, or hoped she did.“I’m a man…just a man, who loves a woman more than life.”p.116, His Last Letter by Jeane Westin -- source link
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