One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight. ✨ Jane…

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One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight. ✨ Jane Austen (2014). Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations, p.284, Ageless Reads
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