My dear young lady, crime, like death, is not confined to the old and …

Charles Dickens
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My dear young lady, crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The youngest and fairest are too often its chosen victims. ✨ Charles Dickens (1839). Oliver Twist, p.116
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