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I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.

Georgette Heyer

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Georgette Heyer
Age: 71 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 16
Died: 1974
Died: July 4
Novelist
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Georgette Heyer Rougier
Stella Martin
Interest
Daylight
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Overwhelming
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Youth
Modern
Almost
Abduction

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