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Despite what had been visited on her body, she had looked more thoughtful than tortured, even melancholy. "Pitying," someone had told Mr. Carpenter who wished immediately he had not been told such; it unsettled him to think of a corpse despairing over the fortunes of the living. (98)
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― When Things Get Dark
― When Things Get Dark
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It was clear that the city had none of the dignity of older capitals. It did not swagger like London, preen like Paris, or prize artistry like Vienna. Manchester was a brute. It pushed up its sleeves, and it smoked, and hammered, and grew.
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