shoulder-thrust

Updated: July 8, 2025

Saint-Eustache would have interfered. He came at me as if resenting that shoulder-thrust of mine, and for a second I almost thought he would have committed the madness of striking me. "Take care, Saint-Eustache," I said very quietly, my eyes fixed on his.

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