For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington. (Henry Adams)

For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington.

Henry Adams

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