Eccentricity Quote by Georgette Heyer

“Eccentricity may be diverting, Mama, but it is out of place in a wife: certainly in my wife!” quote by Georgette Heyer — Download Open image

“Eccentricity may be diverting, Mama, but it is out of place in a wife: certainly in my wife!”

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