Belinda: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil. Lady Brute: That may be a mistake in the translation. (John Vanbrugh)

Belinda: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil. Lady Brute: That may be a mistake in the translation.

John Vanbrugh

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