"Ada Leverson" was a United Kingdom/British writer who is known for her friendship with Oscar Wilde and for her work as a witty novelist of the fin-de-siècle.

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She suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night.

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Everything comes to the man who won't wait.

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He seemed at ease and to have the look of the last gentleman in Europe.

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Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it were conscience money. He, on his side, took it as though it were a doctor's fee, and both ignored the transaction.

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