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Nefret closed the door, waited for thirty seconds, and eased it open again just far enough to peek out.
“She’s gone.”
“Did you think she would be listening at the door?” David asked.
Neither of the others bothered to answer.
Excerpt from Manuscript H in The Ape who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
“I have never known two people so attached to one another as my parents. It is very embarrassing at times,” he added, scowling.
Ramses Emerson in an excerpt from Manuscript H in The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
“Aunt Amelia doesn’t have to exaggerate. Things happen to her.”
Nefret Forth in an excerpt from Manuscript H, The Ape who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
It is difficult to keep track of all the people who have tried to murder Mother and Father.
Ramses Emerson in an excerpt from Manuscript H in The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
Horus was the only cat Ramses had encountered whom he thoroughly disliked. Nefret accused him of being jealous. He was—but not because Horus preferred her. Since the death of his beloved Bastet, he and no desire to acquire another cat. Bastet could not be replaced; there would never be another like her. The reason why he was jealous of Horus was much simpler. Horus enjoyed favors he would have sold his soul to possess, and the furry egotist didn’t have the grace to appreciate them.
Ramses Emerson in a excerpt from Manuscript H in The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
“You started it.”
“By teasing you about Christabel?” Nefret was never able to stay angry for long. The corners of her mouth quivered.
“You know I don’t give a damn about the damned girl!”
“Oh dear, what an ungentlemanly thing to say. But she—”
“Don’t begin again,” David exclaimed. He never knew whether to laugh or swear or sympathize when the two of them got into one of these exchanges; Nefret was one of the few people in the world who could make Ramses lose his temper, and David was probably the only person in the world who knew why.”
Excerpt from Manuscript H in The Ape who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
Nefret gave him a kindly smile. “You don’t know much about women, either of you. A woman may forgive a man for abducting her, and she certainly will not blame him for falling in love with her. What she will never forgive is being made to look a fool. That is what Sethos has done to Aunt Amelia.”
“I wish you wouldn’t spout aphorisms,” Ramses grumbled. “You sound like Mother.”
Excerpt from Manuscript H in The Ape who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters