"just like the fluff on a chick" (p. 12)
"kitchenmaid's attic" (p. 14)
"meant no harm unless provoked." (p. 37)
"living statue" (p. 39)
"of the worst class and defiled." (p. 21)
"prodigies of nature." (p. 59)
"in the night time intermingl[ed] with French perfume." (p. 105)
"female of the species...deadlier than the male..." (p. 114)
"Greatest Show on Earth." (p. 127)
"Cock-a-doodle dooski!" (p. 152)
"a pretty face is one thing...but diamonds is another" (p. 172)
"May you melt in the warmth of my house just as she melts," (p. 186)
"deserted vastness...where.....
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