Pausing before a steep cellar, exceedingly narrow, dark and deep, the young thief whispered— 'This is the forty-foot cave —the entrance into the dark vaults .
— from City Crimes; Or, Life in New York and Boston by George Thompson
In the presence of his associate she could explain nothing, do nothing but what she had done.
— from The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Complete by George Meredith
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