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“Marta upptäckte plötsligt, att en kvinna aldrig behöver skämmas, bara hon är vacker. Hon behöver inte direkt kunna någonting, inte uppföra sig synnerligen väl, inte vara särskilt intelligent eller ha en fin uppfostran — ty över allt detta står skönheten. Hon skall likväl finna massor av beundrare, just därför att skönheten står över allting." (Sid. 135)”

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