" Say not so," quickly returned Monte Cristo--"say not so, my friends; angels never err, celestial beings remain where they wish to be. Fate is not mo...e powerful than they; it is they who, on the contrary, overcome fate. No, Emmanuel, I am but a man, and your admiration is as unmerited as your words are sacrilegious." And pressing his lips on the hand of Julie, who rushed into his arms, he extended his other hand to Emmanuel; then tearing himself from this abode of peace and happiness, he made. I asked him about the handcuffs. He dismissed my question, telling me Peters would be by soon and he could deal with the handcuffs. Then he was gone.This had been going on for ten days straight, from my first day in hotel quarantine.Just before Xmas, I got caught in the ever changing state border closure shenanigans here in Australia. In order to get back home, I had to spend f******n days in hotel quarantine. I knew it was coming and had no choice in the matter. I can run my speedo fetish. But when I think of all the years ahead of us, sometimes I worry about the possibility of something coming between us in all that time, and that makes me sick to my stomach.’ ‘Then let’s just agree right now that we’re together forever. We’re a good pair, both smart but with different talents. As long as we’re together we can face up to any obstacle, and we’ve had a semester apart to show us how awful that can be. So wanting to be together isn’t just hormones or emotions. We’re both smart. She had only one chance of escape -- a knife he left sitting on a tree stump nearby. The distance seemed impossible to cover, bound the way she was, but she had to try . . .)Julie began to sidle her way on the ground like she had done a hundred times before, eyes half open, she was now lost completely in her fantasy -- an abduction, ransom desperately hoped for, a madman who was slowly torturing her for the sheer thrill . . .Suddenly, fear like a jolt of electricity snapped her mind back to.