‘That man... so

rich; so well-

born.’

The Bloody

Chamber

‘I at last - oh

horrors! – made

out a skull; yes, a

skull,’

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Chamber

‘a garment of

that innocence of

mine for which

he lusted fell

away’

‘fire opal’ ‘the

eye of God –

his eye – was

upon me.’

‘Absolute

darkness.’

The Bloody

Chamber

The Bloody

Chamber

The Bloody

Chamber

The Bloody

Chamber

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Chamber

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Chamber

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‘wound me

through the

castle towards it

on a spool of

inexorability’

‘I only did what

he knew I

would.’ ‘Like

Eve,’

Who would

believe tale of

‘ogre murmuring

in the shadows?’

‘saw his dolls

break free of

their strings’

‘How hard it was

to make

everyday

conversation’

with Jean-Yves

‘as in those

clockwork

tableaux of

Bluebeard’

The Bloody

Chamber

The Bloody

Chamber

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‘put a single,

irreproachable

bullet through

my husband’s

head’

Mother

‘outfaced a

junkful of

Chinese pirates’

Heir ‘our

destination, my

destiny’

Repetition of

‘elsewhere’

discussing

Marquis.

The Bloody

Chamber

‘he seemed to me

like a lily. Yes.

A lily.’

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Chamber TCO Mr Lyon TCO Mr Lyon TCO Mr Lyon

Ring in ‘box

lined with

crimson velvet’

‘Outside her

kitchen’ ‘I

hope he’ll be

safe’

“Beauty, his

girl-child, his

pet’

Whisky

‘Drink me’

sandwiches

‘Eat Me’

‘All the laws of

the world he

knew need not

necessarily

apply’

‘the spaniel

wore a neat

choker of

turquoises.’

‘yapping... like a

lady at whose

dinner party

blows have been

exchanged.’

‘and what

else was

there to be

done?’

‘Girl ‘felt

herself to be,

Miss Lamb,

spotless’

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‘smiled, because

her father

wanted her to

do so’

Reads ‘courtly and

elegant French

fairy tales about

white cats who

were transformed

princesses’

‘chattering

away to him as

if she had

known him all

her life.’

‘the rough

lapping of his

tongue’

‘doing a little

embroidery’

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