“Is lawlessness to be permitted, simply because it is effected with a certain style? Jane, Jane! Where are your finer sensibilities? All o'erthrown, by a man with a golden tongue and a mocking glance?”

Stephanie Barron

Stephanie Barron - “Is lawlessness to be permitted...” 1

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