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Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms.
Ouida
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Ouida
Age: 69 †
Born: 1839
Born: January 1
Died: 1908
Died: January 25
Novelist
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Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
Marie Louise de la Ramée
Marie Louise Ramé
Marie Louise de la Ramee
Marie Louise Rame
Honest
Skelter
Truth
Terrier
Like
Terriers
Rough
Drawing
Brought
None
Rooms
Helter
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