I had long since given up trying to extract from a woman as it were the square root of her unknown quantity, the mystery of which a mere introduction was generally enough to dispel.


Remembrance of things Past Cities of the Plain The Captive The Sweet Cheat Gone (ed. 1932)


I had long since given up trying to extract from a woman as it were the square root of her unknown quantity, the mystery of which a mere introduction ...

I had long since given up trying to extract from a woman as it were the square root of her unknown quantity, the mystery of which a mere introduction ...

I had long since given up trying to extract from a woman as it were the square root of her unknown quantity, the mystery of which a mere introduction ...

I had long since given up trying to extract from a woman as it were the square root of her unknown quantity, the mystery of which a mere introduction ...