Autumn Quote by Katherine Cecil Thurston

“An eight-mile drive over rain-washed Irish roads in the quick-falling dusk of autumn is an experience trying to the patience, even to the temper, of the average Saxon.” quote by Katherine Cecil Thurston — Download Open image

“An eight-mile drive over rain-washed Irish roads in the quick-falling dusk of autumn is an experience trying to the patience, even to the temper, of the average Saxon.”

Katherine Cecil Thurston

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