“Women are fitful and filled with fancies, señor,” he said. “At times they will rail at those whom they in… — Johnston McCulley
“Women are fitful and filled with fancies, señor,” he said. “At times they will rail at those whom they in reality adore. There is no telling the workings of a woman’s mind—she cannot explain it with satisfaction herself.”
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