This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upo…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott McKowen (2004). The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p.230, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
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This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott McKowen (2004). The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p.230, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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