But, Robert reminded himself, she didn't know who she was. Not really. If she'd been raised as she should have been -- as Comstock's daughter and the heir to all Columbia -- she'd have had her pick of men. Hundreds, at least. All of whom were the most successful and important in the country.
Even as she'd grown up in her tower, she'd been the unattainable ideal.
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But, Robert reminded himself, she didn't know who she was. Not really. If she'd been raised as she should have been -- as Comstock's daughter and the heir to all Columbia -- she'd have had her pick of men. Hundreds, at least. All of whom were the most successful and important in the country.
Even as she'd grown up in her tower, she'd been the unattainable ideal.
But he restrains from saying any of it.]
Something like that is fairly telling, yes.