M. Somerset MaughamShe had never felt so light of heart and it seemed to her as though her body were a shell that lay at her feet and she pure spirit. Here was Beauty.
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When Catherine of Aragon saw Anne Boleyn for the first time, her heart melted. She fell in love with Anne and greatly admired her beauty, grace and charm. However, Anne was not the only woman that Catherine had found to be beautiful. She had admired many other women in the past who had captured her heart.
However, now she felt that it was Anne that she would spend the rest of her life with. As soon as she saw Anne, she knew that she would never again find another woman as beautiful as she was.
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