I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which…

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I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun. ✨ Jane Austen (2007). The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, p.467, Wordsworth Editions
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I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun. ✨ Jane Austen (2007). The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, p.467, Wordsworth Editions

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