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Love is blind,” Harriet quipped. “But not illiterate,” Elizabeth retorted.

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Julia Quinn
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 12
Author
Writer
Evergreen State
Julie Cotler
Julie Pottinger
Love
Quipped
Retorted
Harriet
Elizabeth
Illiterate
Blind

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