To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal. ... See the desert on a fine morning and die - if you can! (Gertrude Bell)

To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal. ... See the desert on a fine morning and die - if you can!

Gertrude Bell

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