I must apologize for calling so late, said he, and I must further beg …

Arthur Conan Doyle
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I must apologize for calling so late, said he, and I must further beg you to be so unconventional as to allow me to leave your house presently by scrambling over your back garden wall. ✨ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics), p.630, Delphi Classics
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