The Legacy of Cain - Wilkie Collins - Grāmatas -  - 9798675532520 - 2020. gada 2. oktobris
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The Legacy of Cain

Book Excerpt: ...his eloquence. Besides, he interested me personally--he was a fine man.'"In the dreadful situation in which the woman was placed, such language as this shocked the Chaplain; he appealed in vain to the Prisoner's sense of propriety. 'You don't understand women, ' she answered. 'The greatest saint of my sex that ever lived likes to look at a preacher as well as to hear him. If he is an agreeable man, he has all the greater effect on her. This preacher's voice told me he was kind-hearted; and I had only to look at his beautiful eyes to see that he was trustworthy and true.'"It was useless to repeat a protest which had already failed. Recklessly and flippantly as she had described it, an impression had been produced on her. It occurred to the Chaplain that he might at least make the attempt to turn this result to her own religious advantage. He asked whether she would receive the Minister, if the reverend gentleman came to the prison. 'That will depend, ' she said, 'on whether you answer some questClose.

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Izlaists 2020. gada 2. oktobris
ISBN13 9798675532520
Lapas 312
Izmēri 152 × 229 × 18 mm   ·   458 g
Valoda Angļu  

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