Drink and dissipation had done their work on the coin-clean profile and now it was no longer the head of a… — Margaret Mitchell
Drink and dissipation had done their work on the coin-clean profile and now it was no longer the head of a young pagan prince on new-minted gold but a decadent, tired Caesar on copper debased by long usage.
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