He certainly is very charming, but he makes me feel slightly ill at ease–almost as if I were a woman manquée, if there could be such a thing–you know, something lacking in me."" Oh, well, that's hardly his fault."" No, " Dulcie agreed. "Mine, of course.

Barbara Pym
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