She began framing the words of her telegram into a senseless singsong;…

Virginia Woolf
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She began framing the words of her telegram into a senseless singsong; so that several park keepers looked at her with suspicion and were only brought to a favourable opinion of her sanity by noticing the pearl necklace which she wore. ✨ Orlando (Annotated): A Biography.
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She began framing the words of her telegram into a senseless singsong; so that several park keepers looked at her with suspicion and were only brought to a favourable opinion of her sanity by noticing the pearl necklace which she wore. ✨ Orlando (Annotated): A Biography.

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