Quote#Death
The death of John Pennington had left his widow in circumstances…
Quote bySaki · 1870–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reginald in Russia (1910), "Cross Currents".
English (original)
The death of John Pennington had left his widow in circumstances which were more straitened than ever, and the Park had receded even from her notepaper, where it had long been retained as a courtesy title on the principle that addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.
— Saki
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