“… we have to be kind, we have to be charitable and we can't condemn people just because they get in a mess…even the best people can get into ghastly messes,…we must never judge other people too harshly because although they can make awful mistakes they can still be very nice people.”

—  Susan Howatch, book The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 4: Kester

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