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Quotation from King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard

“At any rate, I can safely say that there is not a _petticoat_ in the whole history.”

H. Rider Haggard (spoken by Allan Quatermain)

King Solomon's Mines, Introduction (Project Gutenberg text (1907 Cassell edition))

Portrait of H. Rider Haggard

Quatermain's fourth reason for writing, just after he notes that Foulata, and perhaps Gagool, are the only women in the story.

Citation: "At any rate, I can safely say that there is not a _petticoat_ in the whole history." — H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Introduction (Project Gutenberg text (1907 Cassell edition)). (id king-solomons-mines-q1)

Portrait: Henry Rider Haggard 03, Bain News Service, Public domain.

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