secrecy essay Flashcards
no gentleman but
“No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene,”
you start a question
“You start a question, and it’s like starting a stone … and away the stone goes, starting others;”
no sir i make
“No sir, I make it a rule of mine: the more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask.”
i am ashamed of
“I am ashamed of my long tongue. Let us make a bargain never to refer to this again.”
for the buildings are
“for the buildings are so packed together about the court, that it’s hard to say where one ends and another begins.”
a haggard shaft of
“a haggard shaft of daylight would glance in between the swirling wreaths.”
and the first
“and the first fog of the season.”
like a district
“like a district of some city in a nightmare.”
there he opened
“There he opened his safe, took from the most private part of it a document,”
he is safe
“he is safe, he is quite safe; mark my words, he will never more be heard of.”
and broke the
“and broke the seal. Within there was another enclosure, likewise sealed,”
the lawyer unsealed
“The lawyer unsealed it, and several enclosures fell to the floor.”
