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When you have done the rashest thing in the world it is very pleasant to be told that no man of spirit could have acted otherwise.

Anthony Trollope (2016). “Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...”, p.4395, e-artnow (Open Publishing)
When you have done the rashest thing in the world it is very pleasant to be told that no man of spirit could have acted otherwise.