Women and elephants never forget an injury.

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Women and elephants never forget an injury.

Saki

1904

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Hurting others Women Memory

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1904

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Saki

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Saki. "Reginald on Besetting Sins." Selected Stories of Saki. Everyman's Library, 2017.

Original citation

Saki. "Reginald on Besetting Sins." Westminster Gazette, Sept. 1904.

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