From Ian Fleming's "Thunderball"
CHAPTER 15
(Of Domino Petachi, referring to Largo at the casino at Nassau.)
She said impatiently, ”I’ve had to sit there too often and watch him show off. I wanted you to win. I cannot pretend. You didn’t mention my only virtue. It’s honesty. I love to the hilt, and I hate to the hilt.. At the present time, with Emilio, I am halfway. Where we were lovers, we are now good friends who understand each other. When I told you he was my guardian, I was telling a white lie. I am his kept woman. I am a bird in a gilded cage. I am fed up with my cage and tired of my bargain.”
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