Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In…

Tom Stoppard
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Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between her legs that made me think of you. ✨ Tom Stoppard (2013). Arcadia, p.82, Faber & Faber
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Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between her legs that made me think of you. ✨ Tom Stoppard (2013). Arcadia, p.82, Faber & Faber

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