The book "means" thereafter, perforce, - both grammatically and actually, - whatever meaning this or that reader gets out of it. (James Branch Cabell)

The book "means" thereafter, perforce, - both grammatically and actually, - whatever meaning this or that reader gets out of it.

James Branch Cabell

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