Quote#Time
"Come this time, father," he urged lately, "for it is her birthday,…
Quote byJ. M. Barrie · 1860–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 1.
English (original)
"Come this time, father," he urged lately, "for it is her birthday, and she is twenty-six," which is so great an age to David, that I think he fears she cannot last much longer.
— J. M. Barrie
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