All the times she had wished me in my grave, and I had contumaciously refused to go there. The Circumlocution Office2023-04-29T16:17:37+01:00Categories: Great Expectations|Tags: Abuse| Read More
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. The Circumlocution Office2023-04-29T16:19:48+01:00Categories: Great Expectations| Read More
Tickler was a wax-ended piece of cane, worn smooth by collision with my tickled frame. The Circumlocution Office2023-01-07T16:53:05+00:00Categories: Great Expectations|Tags: Abuse, Child Abuse, Childhood, Domestic Violence| Read More
I often served as a connubial missile. The Circumlocution Office2023-01-07T16:40:44+00:00Categories: Great Expectations|Tags: Abuse, Child Abuse, Childhood, Domestic Violence| Read More
Such a prevailing redness of skin that I sometimes used to wonder whether it was possible she washed herself with a nutmeg-grater instead of soap. The Circumlocution Office2023-01-06T19:09:30+00:00Categories: Great Expectations|Tags: Appearance (Person), Skin| Read More
Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies. The Circumlocution Office2023-01-04T15:06:01+00:00Categories: Great Expectations|Tags: Lies, Truth| Read More
They took up several obviously wrong people, and they ran their heads very hard against wrong ideas, and persisted in trying to fit the circumstances to the ideas, instead of trying to extract ideas from the circumstances. The Circumlocution Office2023-04-29T18:49:42+01:00Categories: Great Expectations|Tags: Crime, Police| Read More
