Quote#Politics & Power
Rosanna Spearman had been a thief, and not being of the sort that get…
Quote byWilkie Collins · 1824–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Moonstone (1868), [Street, 1868] (p. 54).
English (original)
Rosanna Spearman had been a thief, and not being of the sort that get up Companies in the City, and rob from thousands, instead of only robbing from one, the law laid hold of her, and the prison and the reformatory followed the lead of the law.
— Wilkie Collins
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