friend of Dorothy"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Prominent author, too.

JL

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:50 AM, crawford <neil at typog.co.uk> wrote:

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> 'Schuyler could not recall seeing his young blond friend at any of the
> masses before tonight, but often there was wholesale confusion and
> resultant
> obscurity. In any case, here he was now, the young friend of a friend of
> Dorothy, perhaps homosexual himself...'
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