A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret.
A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens, his characters and the empty chair at Gad’s Hill. National Portrait Gallery |
Mr. Dickens couldn't have a better interpreter, I daresay!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks,
Nancy N