Sunday, January 22, 2023

So much for good judges

 The housekeeper told me that the architecture of "the old wing," both outside and inside, was considered remarkably fine by good judges. On further investigation, I discovered that good judges could only exercise their abilities on Sir Percival's piece of antiquity by previously dismissing from their minds all fear of damp, darkness, and rats.

(from The Woman In White, by William Wilkie Collins)

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