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“It is seldom in life that one knows that a coming event is to be of crucial importance.”
“Truth is naturally universal...and shines into many different windows, though many are clouded.”
“Cease, daughter!" said the priest at last in a trembling voice. "I cannot grant absolution, no priest could...”
“Miranda looked up at him through a haze of desire, her will consumed by a fierce crackling heat, just like the dry twigs of the old woman's fire.”
“Miranda was shocked to hear Nicholas speak of slavery in glowing terms, as an efficient agricultural system. This wasn't the South! Yet as she surveyed her employer's strong dark profile in secret ...”
“Yes," Nicholas replied, in a bored voice. "The name is Dutch. Dragonwyck, meaning place of the dragon. It derives from an Indian legend about a flying serpent whose eyes were fire and whose flaming...”
