She walked about with the rather fated expression you see in photographs of girls who have subsequently been murdered, but nothing had so far happened to her. (Elizabeth Bowen)

She walked about with the rather fated expression you see in photographs of girls who have subsequently been murdered, but nothing had so far happened to her.

Elizabeth Bowen

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