The doctor seemed especially troubled by the fact of the robbery havin…

Charles Dickens
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The doctor seemed especially troubled by the fact of the robbery having been unexpected, and attempted in the night-time; as if it were the established custom of gentlemen in the housebreaking way to transact business at noon, and to make an appointment, by the twopenny post, a day or two previous. ✨ Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank (2015). Oliver Twist, Volume 2 (of 3) (Illustrations), p.48, RICHARD BENTLEY
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