He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen marry, how ma…

Charles Dickens
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He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen marry, how many homes with children in them she had seen grow up around her, how she had contentedly pursued her own lone quite path-for him. ~ Stephen speaking of Rachael ✨ Charles Dickens (2001). Hard Times, p.61, Courier Corporation
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He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen marry, how many homes with children in them she had seen grow up around her, how she had contentedly pursued her own lone quite path-for him. ~ Stephen speaking of Rachael ✨ Charles Dickens (2001). Hard Times, p.61, Courier Corporation

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