I realized I would be forced to run away from home if someone tried to arrange a marriage for me. I didn't want to think — Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief
I realized I would be forced to run away from home if someone tried to arrange a marriage for me. I didn't want to think — Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief
I realized I would be forced to run away from home if someone tried to arrange a marriage for me. I didn't want to think — Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief
I realized I would be forced to run away from home if someone tried to arrange a marriage for me. I didn't want to think — Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief
I realized I would be forced to run away from home if someone tried to arrange a marriage for me. I didn't want to think — Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief
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I realized I would be forced to run away from home if someone tried to arrange a marriage for me. I didn't want to think about it.

— Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief
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