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Spoilt Pleasure Is A Sad, Unseemly Thing; You Can Only Bury It.
-Elizabeth Bowen
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Spoilt Pleasure Is A Sad, Unseemly Thing;
Elizabeth Bowen
Spoilt Pleasure Is A Sad, Unseemly Thing; You Can Only Bury It.
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