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Originally Posted by John Whitworth View Post
I think she expects fiction, explicit sex in Henry James say. But she could possibly be persuaded to see things my way. Sir Galahad is of course and extract from the Sexy Idylls of the King.
That suggests a potential new meaning for James' reported response to his heart attack: 'So here it is at last, the distinguished thing!' You could, erm, put it into the mouth of Isobel Archer.

Now I must get back to reading my Bible.
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