“A woman can earn her pardon for a good year of disobedience by a single adroit submission.”
The Rajah's Diamond, Story of the Bandbox.
The New Arabian Nights (1882)
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Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer 1850–1894Related quotes


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