It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.
Anthony Trollope (1871). “Ralph the heir. With illustr. by F.A. Fraser”, p.425
It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.