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" You are so judicious, Astrid," she said , when the woman was telling her about her gossip, saying that it was so cheerful and that she did it all so unpretentiously, even if she could, even if she were to make a house like a woman who is in a home of a thousand stories.

My candid friend! – Ass-kissing mode, even though she wasn't aware that she was only praising herself and that it was the kindness of her heart that made her think so highly of me!

- I'm going to ask you this question, I hope you answer. – The other one asked, when we sat for a while in front of the fire.

- How much? – The other asked.

- Five hundred. – That was when Yrsa responded.

— Regarding your cousin, Mr. Loki head. I owe him so much... Do you want to give me a description of him?

Shaking back her golden hair, Yrsa looked at me in such a playful way that I was also filled with admiration, both at her beauty and at her surprise.

—Astrid ! —she exclaimed.

— You know, my dear!