"The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild."
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The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
"The law will argue any thing, with any body who will pay the law for the use of its brains and its time."
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Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins
The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.
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Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins
It is the nature of truth to struggle to the light.
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Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins