I wish you did return my regard," he said. "More than I have ever wished anything in my life! Perhaps you may yet learn to do so: I should warn you that I don't easily despair!
Georgette HeyerAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: british
- Born: August 16, 1902
- Died: July 4, 1974
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