The post that was quoted here has been removedEveryone most be sick of that passage by now - let's try another one...
CHAPTER 25 - Page 235
In a Syrian temple, the younger Julia Domna lies naked on a dais, her eyes closed and looking as if she is in a light sleep, or some kind of languid half-sleep. She hums a repetitive chant. At first, it seems she is meditating, but a naked man is on his knees before her. It is Pescennius Niger.
“Tell me, witch woman... Is it madness or prophecy?” he says through clenched teeth.
Julia is silent for a long moment. Then her eyes open and she speaks with an otherworldly voice, “I see the coming of the Black Caesar... in the Year of Five Emperors, when the blood of the north is spilled upon frozen fields...”
“Speak plainly, woman...” Niger seems irritated.
“You came to me to make sense of your vision... you have performed the rite. I see a man riding a white horse, robed in purple. He is... not you.”
“What of my dream, woman?”
Julia laughs, “You dream of gold and glory. Yours is a small dream. Your dream says you will have the throne only through a war of blood, long after your body has died.”
“Don’t toy with me!” Niger turns towards her, angrily, looking as if he will strangle her.
“You have one chance to avoid this fate, Pescennius Niger. You must make a covenant with your most hated enemy.”
“What sort of covenant?”
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The post that was quoted here has been removedBeing a blatant dodger of fact, Duchess64 hopes that the falsehoods of her past will not be noticed. Oh, but they will be.
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"Note the hateful lying troll Shallow Blue's false accusation that I love to boast about my achievements as much as possible."
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Au contraire!
You show off and gloat at every possible opportunity.
You're always trumpeting your virtual accomplishments:
You've said that you're an arms expert. You even embellished that whopper. Yep. You said that you've previously given weapons advice to both the Russian and Chinese military.
Give me a break!
You've bellowed-on, ad nauseam, regarding your status as an "Academic Historian"; or a "Genius Mathematician" or most recently... "Opera Singer"!
Hey waiter! Can we get that credibility check?
No?
What? There's more on her plate?
Yep!
There are ample posts where one can find you bragging about a "friend" or "relative" who's "been there and done that!".
Or the myriad examples of you pompously stating "I already knew that..."
My god lady! You're a prevarication virtuoso.
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The post that was quoted here has been removed"Note that the arrogant Benjamin Barker prefers to
spend his time hurling insults at his criics(sic) rather than learn
basic English grammar."
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Note that the pompous Duchess64 prefers to spend her time noting grammatical misdeeds rather than refuting the exaggerations and falsehoods of her own past.
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@benjamin-barker saidThere is great wisdom in your words sir.
And then it dawned on me, nobody would be that masochistic surely? This simply has to be a second account, the one they use to insult and abuse all and sundry (a burner if you will) so they can move without fear of their real chess playing account being suspended? It's the only thing that makes any sense!
That must be it.
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The post that was quoted here has been removedOK, I'll play your silly little game.
I'll give his audio-book a listen soon and get back to you.
If the grammar is good and the story sucks, I will be disappointed.
But if the story rocks and the grammar is poor...then it'll be important to note that it's Duchess64, who sucks.
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@benjamin-barker saidJust remember Big Ben:
That's a bit lazy of you - aren't you even going to bother to point out the "jarring" errors in the latest passage? Or will you wait for someone else to do that and then just keep cut and pasting it?
In your line; there's no such thing as bad publicity! 🙂