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Astonishing it certainly was, that a woman who had been a deluder in youth should be suspected to be the same in old age, and that he, a young man, should be subject to her artifices.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke notes the astonishing nature of the Nabob's suspicion of Munny Begum, reflecting on the complexities of trust and reputation.
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