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"This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve."

Wilkie Collins, English Novelist

Man, Patience, Resolution, Woman

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"This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve."

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