So this had been going on for three months?' asked Tressignies--not daring to specify what *this* referred to; his vagueness was in fact more horrible than precison would have been.'Yes,' she said. 'Three months.' Then she added, 'But what's three months? It takes time to cook and cook some more this dish of vengeance I'm preparing for him, to pay back for that heart of Esteban's that he wouldn't let me eat ...
-Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
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