It was not often that she was alone like this and she did not like it.…

Margaret Mitchell
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It was not often that she was alone like this and she did not like it. When she was alone she had to think and, these days, thoughts were not so pleasant. ✨ Margaret Mitchell (2016). Gone with the Wind, p.212, Hamilton Books
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It was not often that she was alone like this and she did not like it. When she was alone she had to think and, these days, thoughts were not so pleasant. ✨ Margaret Mitchell (2016). Gone with the Wind, p.212, Hamilton Books

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