She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment…

E. M. Forster
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She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position; it is one of the things that have suggested to us eternal comradeship. ✨ E. M. Forster (2016). A Room With A View: England Literature, p.38, 谷月社
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She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position; it is one of the things that have suggested to us eternal comradeship. ✨ E. M. Forster (2016). A Room With A View: England Literature, p.38, 谷月社

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