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Do you forget that I am your sister?” “No I’ve never been granted the opportunity to forget it.
Georgette Heyer
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Georgette Heyer
Age: 71 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 16
Died: 1974
Died: July 4
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Georgette Heyer Rougier
Stella Martin
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And now I wish I hadn’t been civil, because he says he shall not despair! He is as stupid as Endymion!” “No, no!” said Alverstoke soothingly. “Nobody could be as stupid as Endymion!
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You are an atrocious person! Since the day I met you I have become steadily more depraved.
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God knows I'm no saint, but I don't think I'm more of a sinner than any other man.
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