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So it was both strange, and dreadful--I knew it--to feel that I was managing him, in a way. Beyond bringing him out of himself, or my genuine interest; that I was maintaining this keen and appreciative front as a way to keep him calm, or to distract him. Like--I don't know--throwing some sausages to a guard dog... His scorn would finish us both, I was sure. It was a deep instinct, though, as I was finding out. The deepest, in this new world? I had to hope not. But I was very much without bearings, that first year.
― Gwendoline Riley,
First Love

So it was both strange, and dreadful–I knew it–to feel that...

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