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Night is torment. That is why people go to sleep. To avoid clear sight and torment.
Dorothy Richardson
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Dorothy Richardson
Age: 84 †
Born: 1873
Born: May 17
Died: 1957
Died: June 17
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Abingdon
Berkshire
Dorothy Miller Richardson
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