“He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism which can only be called "It", and cats – as well as women – always knew when he came into the room.”

— Elinor Glyn

It, and Other Stories (1927), ch. 1, p. 10.

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British novelist and scriptwriter 1864–1943

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