Lord Southrop was, of course, eccentric in his views; and you never knew - here the housekeeper, with a despondent head-shake, paused, leaving unspoken the suggestion that a man who did not think or behave like other people might go mad at any moment. (Edmund Clerihew Bentley)

Lord Southrop was, of course, eccentric in his views; and you never knew - here the housekeeper, with a despondent head-shake, paused, leaving unspoken the suggestion that a man who did not think or behave like other people might go mad at any moment.

Edmund Clerihew Bentley

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