The moment my eyes fell on him, I was content. ✨ Edith Wharton, Richar…

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The moment my eyes fell on him, I was content. ✨ Edith Wharton, Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis, Nancy Lewis (1988). The letters of Edith Wharton, Macmillan Reference USA
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The moment my eyes fell on him, I was content. ✨ Edith Wharton, Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis, Nancy Lewis (1988). The letters of Edith Wharton, Macmillan Reference USA

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