Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entire…

Thomas Hardy
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Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter? ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Tess of the d'Ubervilles, p.146, Xist Publishing
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Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter? ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Tess of the d'Ubervilles, p.146, Xist Publishing

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