'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel. ✨ …

William Makepeace Thackeray
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'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel. ✨ The History of Henry Esmond bk. 1, ch. 7 (1852)
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'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel. ✨ The History of Henry Esmond bk. 1, ch. 7 (1852)

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