He lay on his chair with his hands clasped above his paunch not readin…

Virginia Woolf
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He lay on his chair with his hands clasped above his paunch not reading, or sleeping, but basking like a creature gorged with existence. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2016). To the Lighthouse, p.166, Tyché
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He lay on his chair with his hands clasped above his paunch not reading, or sleeping, but basking like a creature gorged with existence. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2016). To the Lighthouse, p.166, Tyché

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