Wilkie Collins Quote

There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine; they can't play at wist; and they can't pay a lady a compliment.


The Woman in White, Volume 1 (ed. 1860)


There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine; they can't play at wist; and they...

There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine; they can't play at wist; and they...

There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine; they can't play at wist; and they...

There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine; they can't play at wist; and they...