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Orphan, N. A Living Person Whom Death Has Deprived Of The Power Of Filial Ingratitude . . .
-Ambrose Bierce
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Orphan, N. A Living Person
Ambrose Bierce
Orphan, N. A Living Person Whom Death Has Deprived Of The Power Of Filial Ingratitude . . .
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