My dear Madame, I just noticed that I forgot my cane at your house yes…

Marcel Proust
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My dear Madame, I just noticed that I forgot my cane at your house yesterday; please be good enough to give it to the bearer of this letter. P.S. Kindly pardon me for disturbing you; I just found my cane. ✨ Marcel Proust Swann’s Way, W. W. Norton & Company
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My dear Madame, I just noticed that I forgot my cane at your house yesterday; please be good enough to give it to the bearer of this letter. P.S. Kindly pardon me for disturbing you; I just found my cane. ✨ Marcel Proust Swann’s Way, W. W. Norton & Company

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