"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable," was his mildly cadaverous reply.


Bartleby, the Scrivener (1853)


At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable, was his mildly cadaverous reply.

At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable, was his mildly cadaverous reply.

At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable, was his mildly cadaverous reply.

At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable, was his mildly cadaverous reply.