Yet, I had nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess (wh…

Charles Dickens
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Yet, I had nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess (which might be of less moment still), that no one can ever believe this Narrative, in the reading, more than I believed it in the writing. ✨ David Copperfield. Volume I,
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Yet, I had nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess (which might be of less moment still), that no one can ever believe this Narrative, in the reading, more than I believed it in the writing. ✨ David Copperfield. Volume I,

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