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Apr
What made her take the risk? Sheba said to me, once. ‘But the truth is, Barbara, doing that kind of thing is easy. You know how you sometimes have another drink even though you know you’re going to have a hangover tomorrow? Or, or, you take a bite of a doughnut, even though you know it’s going straight to your thighs? Well, it’s like that. You keep saying No, no, no until the moment you say, Oh bugger it. Yes.’
Notes on a Scandal