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Polinska

A Polish woman in the Parisian lesbian circle.

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First appearance: iii

Polinska first appears in 0141 iii.

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CAColonel AntrimJGJane GriggJBJonathan Brock…VSValérie SeymourSGStephen GordonPOPolinska

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