A million candles burnt in him without his being at the trouble of lig…

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A million candles burnt in him without his being at the trouble of lighting a single one ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.458, Wordsworth Editions
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A million candles burnt in him without his being at the trouble of lighting a single one ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.458, Wordsworth Editions

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