A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon? Ther…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon? There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it. ✨ SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, Choi Hyun (2016). A Study in Scarlet, p.32, ebookspub
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