“Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth," said his cousin. "But we seem to have no other.”

—  Ivy Compton-Burnett, book Manservant and Maidservant

Manservant and Maidservant (London: Victor Gollancz, [1947] 1972) p. 5.

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