Wilkie Collins quote: I roused myself from the book which I was dreaming over rather than reading, and left my chambers to meet ...

I roused myself from the book which I was dreaming over rather than reading, and left my chambers to meet the cool night air in the suburbs.

~ Wilkie Collins ~

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