“ When a man happens not to be possessed of fifty pence in his own pocket, if his heart is in the right place, it bounds ”
Wilkie Collins, No Name (1862). copy citation
| Author | Wilkie Collins |
|---|---|
| Source | No Name |
| Topic | heart right |
| Date | 1862 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1438/1438-h/1438-h.htm |
Context
“and instantly secreted one of them, to be more closely examined at the first convenient opportunity. As he crumpled up the bill in the palm of his hand, his party-colored eyes fixed with hungry interest on the proprietor of the unlucky parcel. When a man happens not to be possessed of fifty pence in his own pocket, if his heart is in the right place, it bounds; if his mouth is properly constituted, it waters, at the sight of another man who carries about with him a printed offer of fifty pounds sterling, addressed to his fellow-creatures.
The unfortunate traveler wrapped up his parcel as he best might, and made his way off the platform, after addressing an inquiry to the first official victim of the day’s passenger-traffic, who was sufficiently in possession of his senses to listen to it.”
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