Table talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' talk is c…

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Table talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' talk is clouds, table talk is smoke. ✨ Les Misérables. Book by Victor Hugo, Book III, 1862.
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Table talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' talk is clouds, table talk is smoke. ✨ Les Misérables. Book by Victor Hugo, Book III, 1862.

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