MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA

- [p. 161/132] Queen Ezeriel refers to our world’s Cleopatra who also used to bathe in asses’ milk, and who eventually committed honourable suicide by clutching a venomous snake (an asp, to be precise) to her bosom. - [p. 183/149] “Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards because a refusal often offends, I read somewhere.” ................
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