Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. …

Charles Dickens
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Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help it? ✨ Charles Dickens (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated), p.7354, Delphi Classics
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Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help it? ✨ Charles Dickens (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated), p.7354, Delphi Classics

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