The Kingfisher's Wing

The Kingfisher's Wing
ISBN-10
1597310328
ISBN-13
9781597310321
Category
Fiction
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Sophia Perennis
Author
Mary Casey

Description

... never have trodden before , or never ceased to tread , he answered the questions posed beside the sphinxes : for this decade I had no choice but to hearken to the porter , so to that - wise or not wise - there is nothing to say .

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