There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle ree…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2000). Tales of Unease, p.154, Wordsworth Editions
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There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2000). Tales of Unease, p.154, Wordsworth Editions

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