“Here she drew forth a small pocket-book, took from it a card and a pencil and, after meditating a moment, wrote a few words. It is our privilege to look over her shoulder, and if we exercise it we may read the brief query: […].”

— Henry James, book The Portrait of a Lady

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American novelist, short story author, and literary critic 1843–1916

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