Now the city is at its loveliest. The crowds of summer and autumn have gone, the air has a new freshness, the light has — Lucy Foley, The Invitation
Now the city is at its loveliest. The crowds of summer and autumn have gone, the air has a new freshness, the light has — Lucy Foley, The Invitation
Now the city is at its loveliest. The crowds of summer and autumn have gone, the air has a new freshness, the light has — Lucy Foley, The Invitation
Now the city is at its loveliest. The crowds of summer and autumn have gone, the air has a new freshness, the light has — Lucy Foley, The Invitation
Now the city is at its loveliest. The crowds of summer and autumn have gone, the air has a new freshness, the light has — Lucy Foley, The Invitation
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Now the city is at its loveliest. The crowds of summer and autumn have gone, the air has a new freshness, the light has that pale-gold quality unique to this time of year. There have been several weeks of this weather now, without a drop of rain.

— Lucy Foley, The Invitation
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