I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I griev…

Raymond Chandler
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I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings. ✨ The Big Sleep ch. 3 (1939)
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