I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gol… - Elizabeth Peters

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I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).

Elizabeth Peters

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