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An unknown actress, a platinum blonde with an ample figure (but a poor second
to mine), was trying to seduce a supposedly incorruptible hero. It was painfully
vulgar and so dull that the audience was trickling out. Some viewers showed their
...
An unknown actress, a platinum blonde with an ample figure (but a poor second
to mine), was trying to seduce a supposedly incorruptible hero. It was painfully
vulgar and so dull that the audience was trickling out. Some viewers showed their
...
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I make them ill at ease. And the pleasure's all mine. Mama isn't growing any older
; she's still a very beautiful woman. Four feet eleven inches. Not a sliver more. I
checked again this morning. That's the figure. A round figure. I'm pleased with it.
I make them ill at ease. And the pleasure's all mine. Mama isn't growing any older
; she's still a very beautiful woman. Four feet eleven inches. Not a sliver more. I
checked again this morning. That's the figure. A round figure. I'm pleased with it.
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And Mama, the look on her face if my figure were suddenly to become more like
her own, and my face even prettier than hers—why not? I suspect she really
prefers me the way I am, even though I inconvenience her. I might have been her
rival ...
And Mama, the look on her face if my figure were suddenly to become more like
her own, and my face even prettier than hers—why not? I suspect she really
prefers me the way I am, even though I inconvenience her. I might have been her
rival ...
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