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When will you give up these mad adventures, and leave others to fight their own battles and to save their own lives as best they may?' when your ladyship has ceased to be the most admired woman in europe, namely, when i am in my grave.
-Baroness Orczy
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When Will You Give Up These Mad

Baroness Orczy
When will you give up these mad adventures, and leave others to fight their own battles and to save their own lives as best they may?' when your ladyship has ceased to be the most admired woman in europe, namely, when i am in my grave.
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