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Updated: May 6, 2025

"You will be glad to hear, since you take an interest in the girl, that Providence overruled her aim and Shadbolt escaped with a mere graze of the jaw so slight, indeed, that, taking a merciful view, we decided not to consider it an actual wound, and convicted her only of the attempt. By the way, Mr. Leemy, where is the weapon?" The Clerk produced it from his bag and laid it on the table.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Lady Good-for-Nothing : A Man's Portrait of a Woman