Quote#Children
Eleanor hated boys, and she would have liked to have whipped this one…
Quote bySaki · 1870–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Chronicles of Clovis (1911), "The Jesting of Arlington Stringham".
English (original)
Eleanor hated boys, and she would have liked to have whipped this one long and often. It was perhaps the yearning of a woman who had no children of her own.
— Saki
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