“ Can a husband ever carry about a secret all his life and a woman who loves him have no suspicion of it? ”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear (1915). copy citation
| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
|---|---|
| Source | The Valley of Fear |
| Topic | suspicion love |
| Date | 1915 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3289/3289-h/3289-h.htm |
Context
“It was not from want of confidence in me—there was the most complete love and confidence between us—but it was out of his desire to keep all alarm away from me. He thought I should brood over it if I knew all, and so he was silent.”
“How did you know it, then?”
Mrs. Douglas's face lit with a quick smile. “Can a husband ever carry about a secret all his life and a woman who loves him have no suspicion of it? I knew it by his refusal to talk about some episodes in his American life. I knew it by certain precautions he took. I knew it by certain words he let fall. I knew it by the way he looked at unexpected strangers.”
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