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I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that.
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
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A. M. Barnard
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