It was right and generous to abstain from sweets with this end in view; but it was wrong to be rude and unthankful to the sister who meant all so kindly, and was the most unselfish of all.
Charlotte M. Yonge
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- The Stokesley Secret. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3411/pg3411-images.html
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