It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceals his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.


Ralph the Heir (1871)

Anthony Trollope Quotes

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceals his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceals his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceals his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceals his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.