She smelled the way the Taj Mahal looks by moonlight. ✨ Raymond Chandl…

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She smelled the way the Taj Mahal looks by moonlight. ✨ Raymond Chandler (1995). Later Novels & Other Writings
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She smelled the way the Taj Mahal looks by moonlight. ✨ Raymond Chandler (1995). Later Novels & Other Writings

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