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Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.
Patricia Wentworth
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Patricia Wentworth
Age: 83 †
Born: 1877
Born: November 10
Died: 1961
Died: January 28
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Dora Amy Elles
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