Men little know when they say hard things to us how well we remember them, and how much harm they do us.
Wilkie CollinsNot the shadow of a doubt crossed my mind of the purpose for which the Count had left the theatre. His escape from us, that evening, was beyond all question the preliminary only to his escape from London. The mark of the Brotherhood was on his arm-I felt as certain of it as if he had shown me the brand; and the betrayal of the Brotherhood was on his conscience-I had seen it in his recognition of Pesca.
Wilkie CollinsThe books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!
Wilkie Collins