"A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

You men have none of you any hearts.''If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough.
~ Jane Austen ~












You men have none of you any hearts.''If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment ...
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