“ I don't know how it is, but bad people, real bad people that you can see are bad, they get over me somehow. It's the way they set about downing one. I am afraid of wickedness. ”
Joseph Conrad, Victory: An Island Tale (1915). copy citation
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
|---|---|
| Source | Victory: An Island Tale |
| Topic | wickedness |
| Date | 1915 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6378/6378-h/6378-h.htm |
Context
“If I had got up and gone out of the room I don't suppose the woman would have killed me for it; but she would have rowed me in a nasty way. She would have threatened me and called me names. That sort, when they know you are helpless, there's nothing to stop them. I don't know how it is, but bad people, real bad people that you can see are bad, they get over me somehow. It's the way they set about downing one. I am afraid of wickedness. He encouraged her, profoundly sympathetic, a little amused.
“ I quite understand. You needn't apologize for your great delicacy in the perception of inhuman evil. I am a little like you. ” “ I am not very plucky, ” she said.
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“ I quite understand. You needn't apologize for your great delicacy in the perception of inhuman evil. I am a little like you. ” “ I am not very plucky, ” she said.
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