Chapter 18, "War! Red War!"
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Women love the last blow as well as the last word, and when they fight for love they are pitiless as a wounded buffalo.
— H. Rider Haggard
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Source: Wikiquote: "H. Rider Haggard" (Quotes, Allan Quatermain (1887))
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About H. Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925), born in Bradenham, Norfolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations such as southern Africa, Central Asia, Egypt, Iceland and Mexico.
About H. Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925), born in Bradenham, Norfolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations such as southern Africa, Central Asia, Egypt, Iceland and Mexico.
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