You know what I think? Fate! That's what it is fate! There's a thing that comes after a fellow: got a name, but I forgot what it is. Creeps up behind him, and puts him in the basket when he ain't expecting it.
Georgette HeyerAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: british
- Born: August 16, 1902
- Died: July 4, 1974
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