Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I p…

Virginia Woolf
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Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2016). The Waves, p.137, Virginia Woolf
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Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2016). The Waves, p.137, Virginia Woolf

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