Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad


All this came out of her like an unctuous trickle of some acrid
oil. The low, voluble delivery was enough by itself to compel my
attention.


"You think you know your sister's heart," I asked.


She made small eyes at me to discover if I was angry. She seemed
to have an invincible faith in the virtuous dispositions of young
men. And as I had spoken in measured tones and hadn't got red in
the face she let herself go.

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