Ian Mcewan Quotes

He was looking at her with amused suspicion. There was something between them, and even she had to acknowledge that a tame remark about the weather sounded perverse.

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• He was looking at her with amused suspicion. There was something between them, and even she had to acknowledge that a tame remark about the weather sounded perverse.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • She
  • Weather
  • Acknowledge