Lenka was Nivellen's nanny. She used to tell him fairy tales, and some bits of those stuck in his head.
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"— I was just ready to kick him out of the main gate when I remembered something. Stories Lenka, my nanny — the old bag — used to tell me. Pox on it, I thought, if pretty girls turn frogs into princes, or the other way round, then maybe..."
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— pg(s). 53, The Last Wish (UK edition)