This is from Checkmate, Lymond. I love the nickname... Yunitsa means cow in Russian. But it was also the name the Tsar called one of his wives, I think, and can mean sweetheart. Francis used it after he and Philippa shared a joke about cows. Only Philippa never thought it could have double meaning... So Francis keeps calling her that, and she never picks up the hint. Not that Francis wanted to actually hint her... I suppose it gives him some satisfaction to call her something affectionate without her knowing it.
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