But this time I'm not to blame; I want you to believe that. I simply s…

E. M. Forster
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But this time I'm not to blame; I want you to believe that. I simply slipped into those violets. No, I want to be really truthful. I am a little to blame. The sky, you know, was gold, and the ground all blue, and for a moment he looked like some one in a book. ✨ E. M. Forster (2013). Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated), p.407, Delphi Classics
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