madam, the man cried, leaping to the ground, you're hurt! I'm dead, si…

Virginia Woolf
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madam, the man cried, leaping to the ground, you're hurt! I'm dead, sir! she replied. A few minutes later, they became engaged. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2014). Orlando, p.162, OUP Oxford
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madam, the man cried, leaping to the ground, you're hurt! I'm dead, sir! she replied. A few minutes later, they became engaged. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2014). Orlando, p.162, OUP Oxford

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