Time Quote by Dorothy Dunnett

“If you can repress for a moment your spinster-like longing to meddle in my affairs,’ said Lymond cuttingly, from the door, ‘I am waiting to go.” quote by Dorothy Dunnett — Download Open image

““If you can repress for a moment your spinster-like longing to meddle in my affairs,’ said Lymond cuttingly, from the door, ‘I am waiting to go.””

Dorothy Dunnett

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