“ Any conspiracy, any deception, is justified to my conscience by the vile law which has left us helpless. ”
Wilkie Collins, No Name (1862). copy citation
| Author | Wilkie Collins |
|---|---|
| Source | No Name |
| Topic | conscience law |
| Date | 1862 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1438/1438-h/1438-h.htm |
Context
“You would have succeeded to the place; and those clever speculations on which he was so fond of venturing would have cost him the fortunes of which he had robbed my sister and myself. To the last farthing, Captain Wragge, as certainly as you sit there, to the last farthing! A bold conspiracy, a shocking deception—wasn’t it? I don’t care! Any conspiracy, any deception, is justified to my conscience by the vile law which has left us helpless. You talked of my reserve just now. Have I dropped it at last? Have I spoken out at the eleventh hour? ”
“ You fill me with unavailing regret, ” he said. “ If that old man had lived, what a crop I might have reaped from him!” source
“ You fill me with unavailing regret, ” he said. “ If that old man had lived, what a crop I might have reaped from him!” source
