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Primula Baggins
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Edited, as vison's response is much better!
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Post by Jnyusa »

William James has an hilarious story ... oh gosh, I can't remember the title now ... in which he extols the virtues (and entertainment value) of nobles who fall in love with their parlour maids and stableboys. ;)

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