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“Margaret was not a ready lover, but where she loved she loved passionately, and with no small degree of jealousy.” quote by Elizabeth Gaskell — Download Open image

“Margaret was not a ready lover, but where she loved she loved passionately, and with no small degree of jealousy.”

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