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Word: willy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...uncle had married a young woman who was keeping all his wealth. Willi tried seeing her; she was, he discovered, a woman he had once paid for spending a night with him. Nonetheless, he asked her for the sum he needed so badly; she came to his rooms for dinner without saying whether she would leave the money or not. In the morning, she gave the Lieutenant a thousand gulden. She said: ". . . 'You gave me only ten. Do you still remember? . . . Ten gulden- was plenty. In fact, too much.' Her eyes held his. 'To speak accurately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Daybreak | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

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