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NOVELISTS > novelist > Emmuska Orczy
It is only...
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It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony, to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay.
Source: The Scarlet Pimpernel, ch. 21, 1905.
-- Emmuska Orczy, (Sep 23 1865-1947), Hungarian-British novelist; She is chiefly remembered as author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, one of the greatest popular successes of the 20th century.