Sunday, March 20, 2011

They Never Change, Do They?

He looked down his nose and added: '"The woman tempted me".'  'Adam,' said Mr Dancey hotly, 'was a cad.'  'I don't think,' said Henry, 'that comes well from a clergyman.'

--Elizabeth Bowen, Eva Trout 117 (Vintage 1999)


Note the intricate quotation marks.

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