“A single question remained, the age-old cry of anguish: “How could one so beautiful be so base?””

Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 6, section 1 (p. 434)

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American mystery and speculative fiction writer 1916–2013

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