“ Miserable or not, a story’s a story, when you know it to be true. ”
Wilkie Collins, No Name (1862). copy citation
| Author | Wilkie Collins |
|---|---|
| Source | No Name |
| Topic | story |
| Date | 1862 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1438/1438-h/1438-h.htm |
Context
“He returned abruptly to the subaltern officer and the regiment in Canada. “ That poor fellow’s story was as miserable a one as ever I heard, ” he said, looking back again absently at the visitors’ list.
“ Would there be any harm in telling it, sir? ” asked the landlord. Miserable or not, a story’s a story, when you know it to be true. “ I hardly think I should be doing right to tell it, ” he said. “ If this man, or any relations of his, are still alive, it is not a story they might like strangers to know. All I can tell you is, that my father was the salvation of that young officer under very dreadful circumstances.” source
“ Would there be any harm in telling it, sir? ” asked the landlord. Miserable or not, a story’s a story, when you know it to be true. “ I hardly think I should be doing right to tell it, ” he said. “ If this man, or any relations of his, are still alive, it is not a story they might like strangers to know. All I can tell you is, that my father was the salvation of that young officer under very dreadful circumstances.” source
