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I hate in-the-end kindnesses: they're about as nourishing as the third day of cold mutton.
Edith Wharton Old New York: Four Novellas
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I hate in-the-end kindnesses: they're about as nourishing as the third day of cold mutton.
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Edith Wharton

Old New York: Four Novellas

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