I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two thi…

Mark Twain
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I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. ✨ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ch. 31 (1884)
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I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. ✨ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ch. 31 (1884)

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