A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort…

Mark Twain
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A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort, and then she will presently ask you to apologize. ✨ Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine (1971). Mark Twain's notebook, Scholarly Pr
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