Young men not being as a class remarkable for modesty or self-denial, especially when there is a lady in the… — Charles Dickens
Young men not being as a class remarkable for modesty or self-denial, especially when there is a lady in the case, when, if they colour at all, it is rather their practise to colour the story, and not themselves.
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