How you flashed it off in a moment might be just a woman's skill—but not to drop it on the road, not to let it be found anywhere, that's what I have always admired: it shows you have great force, and it really looked, you'll forgive me for saying, as if you had done such a thing before."
— from A Widow's Tale, and Other Stories by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
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