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"Bertram's voice grew at once less distinct and louder; he must have turned away, but was practically shouting, 'I won't have you blaming yourself for that! We've been over this before, Olivia; it's not your fault and I don't want to hear you talking like that!'
"It had all the marks of an old argument. 'Don't tell me that, tell your father!' Her well-bred voice retained its rounded tones, but the pitch was shriller, the tempo faster, carrying through the glass with no difficulty. 'He's been waiting six years for an heir! He'd have made you divorce me by now if it wasn't for the dowry!'
"'Olivia --'
"'Lucy has five children! Five! Davenant can keep his bedroom full of boys, nobody cares, because he does his duty by her...but you --'
"'Olivia, stop it!'
"'You -- where is your heir going to come from? Michael Godwin? Well it's going to have to come from Michael Godwin because we know it isn't going to come from anywhere else!'"
Ellen Kushner, "Swordspoint," 1987, pp.31-32, Arbor House hardcover.
"Bertram's voice grew at once less distinct and louder; he must have turned away, but was practically shouting, 'I won't have you blaming yourself for that! We've been over this before, Olivia; it's not your fault and I don't want to hear you talking like that!'
"It had all the marks of an old argument. 'Don't tell me that, tell your father!' Her well-bred voice retained its rounded tones, but the pitch was shriller, the tempo faster, carrying through the glass with no difficulty. 'He's been waiting six years for an heir! He'd have made you divorce me by now if it wasn't for the dowry!'
"'Olivia --'
"'Lucy has five children! Five! Davenant can keep his bedroom full of boys, nobody cares, because he does his duty by her...but you --'
"'Olivia, stop it!'
"'You -- where is your heir going to come from? Michael Godwin? Well it's going to have to come from Michael Godwin because we know it isn't going to come from anywhere else!'"
Ellen Kushner, "Swordspoint," 1987, pp.31-32, Arbor House hardcover.
