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She also considered very seriously what she would look like in a little cottage in the middle of the forest, dressed in a melancholy gray and holding communion only with the birds and trees; a life of retirement away from the vain world; a life into which no man came. It had its attractions, but she decided that gray did not suit her.
She also considered very seriously what she would look like in a little cottage in the middle of the forest, dressed in a melancholy gray and holding communion only with the birds and trees; a life of retirement away from the vain world; a life into which no man came. It had its attractions, but she decided that gray did not suit her.
Approximate author period: c. 1919 AD · modern
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- A.A. Milne
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- Approximate author period: c. 1919 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for A. A. Milne: life dates 1882 to 1956. Wikidata Q207036, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207036 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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