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Brighton Quote by Henry James

“The Brighton air used of old to make plain girls pretty and pretty girls prettier still - I don't know whether it works the spell now. ("Sir Edmund Orme")” quote by Henry James — Download Open image

““The Brighton air used of old to make plain girls pretty and pretty girls prettier still - I don't know whether it works the spell now. ("Sir Edmund Orme")””

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