It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered…

E. M. Forster
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It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer either deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave. ✨ E. M. Forster (2013). Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated), p.373, Delphi Classics
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