She wanted, passionately and persistently, two things which she believ…

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She wanted, passionately and persistently, two things which she believed should subsist together in any well-ordered life: amusement and respectability. ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated), p.1608, Delphi Classics
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