Quotes
Ponson du Terrail wrote in a hurry and rarely checked what he had written, rushing to meet deadlines. He is well-known for some eccentric sentences :
- "Her hands were as cold as those of a snake" (fr :Elle avait les mains aussi froides que celles d'un serpent)
- "With one hand, he raised the dagger, and with the other he said.." (D'une main il leva son poignard, et de l'autre il lui dit...")
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