The young woman begged that the light might be taken out of his apartments, that she might go to his bed in secrecy and silence. When she entered he was asleep, and she unfortunately stumbled upon the candlestick, and threw it down. The noise waked him... Plutarch's Lives - Page 152by Plutarch - 1816Full view - About this book
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