Showing posts with label William Makepeace Thackeray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Makepeace Thackeray. Show all posts

Sunday, September 6, 2009

The Devil's Wager by William Makepeace Thackeray

Opening line:

It was the hour of the night when there be none stirring save churchyard ghosts – when all doors are closed except the gates of graves and all eyes shut but the eyes of wicked men.