To all the world he was the man of violence, half animal and half demo…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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To all the world he was the man of violence, half animal and half demon; but to her he always remained the little wilful boy of her own girlhood, the child who had clung to her hand. Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (1989). Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories, p.531, Wordsworth Editions
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