"It was though I had been in possession of one of those small shells with Japanese flowers which are sold at street corners. When plunged into a bowl of water, the tightly sealed shell opens and the flat, dry, coiled-up, insignificant shreds of paper contained within float out and unfold their variegated and unsuspected splendour; with Gordon I had found my bowl of water."
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Edith Templeton
Edith Templeton (7 April 1916 – 12 June 2006) was a Bohemian novelist, who also wrote under the pseudonym Louise Walbrook.
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