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It had never occurred to Gwynplaine, as he grew older, to question the urge which drew him to the water, and which held him there, as though anchored, at the edge of oblivion.
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Upon receiving the news that his brother, the new Lord Fermain Clancharlie, was missing in a presumed suicide, Lord David Dirry-Moir’s first response—a reflex for which he was later unable sufficiently to account—was to laugh.
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Dialogue of Night and Day by mothi
Fandoms: L'Homme qui rit | The Man Who Laughs - Victor Hugo
17 Aug 2024
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Arriving in Holland, the inhabitants of the caravan attempt to start a new life.
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"Father," Dea asked, "where did he go?"
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In Winter by mothi
Fandoms: L'Homme qui rit | The Man Who Laughs - Victor Hugo, The Man Who Laughs (1928)
22 May 2024
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She had tried to persuade Gwynplaine to take her bed, but he had made his case so unequivocally—by immediately lying down in his usual place on the floor and refusing to get up again—that she had been forced to back down in the end. For all his gentleness, his warmth, he could be remarkably obdurate when he wished it.