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"'You who have sent so many from the world, will yourself go from it howling with fright.'"

"'I will speak trumpet-tongued, and if you like not that word murder, I will shriek it in your ears. If you like not the word blood, I will on the house-tops proclaim and tell the people that it is synonymous with Todd. Ha! ha! You shrink now."'

'"Are you mad?"

"Not yet—not yet. But I shall be, and then it will be time for you to beware of me."'

'"You hear me say so, and you might know by this time, that when I say anything—I mean it."'

"'I have made such arrangements at home, that I can wait here the whole day if necessary, for see him I must—and see him I will; I had a sort of presentiment that he might be out, notwithstanding I have an appointment with him."'

"'The whole world will know it all, soon enough, but long and old habits of caution, always induce me to keep my information as quiet as I possibly can."'

'"They must both suffer the penalty of outraging, as they have done, the laws of God and man; and the retribution would be by no means complete were they to fall by the hands or each other."'

"'but by some kind of fatality, or providence, they seem to be unable to harm each other."'

"it was evident, by the manner in which the lights burnt in it, that there was no want of vitality in its atmosphere."

'"Punctuality is the one grand principle which is the hinge of all my business, and the secret of by far the larger portion of my success."'

"Short-sighted mortals that we are! How often we mistake the shifting morass of difficulty for the terra firma of prosperity, and how often do we weep for those events, which, in themselves and their results, form the ground-work of the happiness of a life!"

"Crotchet went away whistling with great composure"

"He did not know if he were being foiled by innocence or by art"

"'there are many degrees of indiscretion to pass through ere the gulf of guilt is reached at last.'"

'"I will not yet trust to appearances, although I own that they are bad...It is quite clear that there is something going on that we know nothing of, and to speculate upon which may only involve us in an inextricable labyrinth of conjectures. I say, there is some secret, but it may not be a guilty one."'

"It is something astonishing, and yet one of the most ordinary of mental phenomena, to note what a power a cool and clear intellect will exert over one that is distracted and full of woe and clamorous grief."

"'sit down by me and tell me as clearly and as distinctly, all you know and all you fear. There are few evils in this world but there are some remedies for, and you shall have my true and calm opinion if you will tell me all."'

"'why did you not wait until I was dead before you left me? Then I should have slept calmly, and known nothing; but now my days and nights will be dreams of horror."'

"'I look upon it as a thing almost criminal to despair. There is one maxim which I have learnt in my experience of life, and which I am sure you must have had abundant opportunities of learning likewise. It is, 'Never to trust to appearances.'"

"'I am a poor old man, much broken in spirit, and with but one strong tie to bind me to a world which has nearly done with me. That tie is the love of my dear child, Johanna. Alas! if that be broken, I am all adrift, and at the mercy of the winds and waves of evil fortune; and the sooner I close my eyes in the long sleep of death, the better for me and all who feel for me."'

"his great goggle eyes opened to an alarming width, and he made a movement towards the door. Still, he did not like to go without saying something."

"'a visit from you is such a rarity that we ought not to know how to make enough of you when you do come.'"

"he was at once admitted, and kindly received by those who knew him and his worth well."

"No wonder then, we say, that human nature, particularly in its evangelical variety, was not proof against the fascination of a little revenge."

"it was in his nature so to do, and we must take poor humanity as we find it."

"'What you feel now is part of your death-pang. You are dying—I have poisoned you. Do you hear that? You have watched me, and I have in return poisoned you. Do you understand that?"'

"'You can't hurt it, for it is a fixture; but you might hurt yourself, and that is of more importance to you, you know. While we do live in this world, if it be for ever so short a time, we may as well live comfortably.'"

"There was no lamp very near his house, or else, miserable as was the light from those old oil apologies for illuminators, some few rays might have fallen upon the dark mass, and told Todd what it was."

"She wore nether garments suitable and conformable unto a boy, but not to a girl, as the way of the world goeth; and yet she looked comely did the maiden—ay, very comely. I was moved to see her truly."

"'I will forget what you have said, because I will recollect nothing from you, or committed with you, but kindness and consideration.""