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I always say beauty is only sin deep.

Hector Hugh Munro

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Hector Hugh Munro
Age: 45 †
Born: 1870
Born: December 18
Died: 1916
Died: November 13
Historian
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Akyab
Hector Hugh Morro
H. H. Morro
Sin
Deep
Beauty
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