“ but, whenever a woman is desperate, there is sure to be a man handy to take advantage of it. ”
Wilkie Collins, Armadale (1864). copy citation
| Author | Wilkie Collins |
|---|---|
| Source | Armadale |
| Topic | women advantage |
| Date | 1864 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1895/1895-h/1895-h.htm |
Context
“He had a lonely old house of his own among the Yorkshire moors, and there he shut his wife and himself up from every living creature, except his servants and his dogs. Only one result could come, of course, of treating a high-spirited young woman in that way. It may be her fate, or it may be chance; but, whenever a woman is desperate, there is sure to be a man handy to take advantage of it. The man in this case was rather a ‘dark horse,’ as they say on the turf. He was a certain Captain Manuel, a native of Cuba, and (according to his own account) an ex-officer in the Spanish navy. He had met Mr.”
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