"Being that rare sort of old girl..." - Quote by Charles Dickens
Being that rare sort of old girl that she receives Good to her arms without a hint that it might be Better and catches light from any little spot of darkness near her.
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“You speak so feelingly and so manfully, Charles Darnay”
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