If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single w…

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If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated), p.492, Delphi Classics
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If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated), p.492, Delphi Classics

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