Arthur Conan Doyle
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Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind, as you are aware, Watson, but my experience of life has taught me that there are few wives having any regard for their husbands who would let any man's spoken word stand between them and that husband's dead body. Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle, General Press (2016). The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels, p.1192, GENERAL PRESS

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