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For my part, if a man must needs be a knave, I would have him a debonair knave, and I liked Rupert Hentzau better than his long-faced, close-eyed companions. It makes your sin no worse, as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.
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- Anthony Hope: Alfred Ellis & Walery, British (active mid- to late-19th century), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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