“ A secret is a net; let one mesh drop, and the whole goes to pieces. ”
Victor Hugo, The Man Who Laughs (1869). copy citation
| Author | Victor Hugo |
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| Source | The Man Who Laughs |
| Topic | secrets |
| Date | 1869 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12587/12587-h/12587-h.htm |
Context
“It was strange that the peers who had been there at the opening of the sitting knew nothing of what had occurred, while those who had not been there knew all about it. Several lords had come from Windsor.
For some hours past the adventures of Gwynplaine had been the subject of conversation. A secret is a net; let one mesh drop, and the whole goes to pieces. In the morning, in consequence of the incidents related above, the whole story of a peer found on the stage, and of a mountebank become a lord, had burst forth at Windsor in Royal places. The princes had talked about it, and then the lackeys.” source
For some hours past the adventures of Gwynplaine had been the subject of conversation. A secret is a net; let one mesh drop, and the whole goes to pieces. In the morning, in consequence of the incidents related above, the whole story of a peer found on the stage, and of a mountebank become a lord, had burst forth at Windsor in Royal places. The princes had talked about it, and then the lackeys.” source
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