... sweetness, said "Thank you!" gently, and left the room. Her last glance left a faint, sad sting in Walter's heart, and he began to think whether he had not been too hard upon her. In any case, the sooner he was out of the house the better! He must no more trifle with the girl than a dipsomaniac... — Home Again • George MacDonald Read full book for free!
... one. And we didn't want a uniform hanging around and rubbing it into the poor boy and everybody else that he was an incurable dipsomaniac." ... — The Return of the Prodigal • May Sinclair Read full book for free!
... of us. Haven't you ever noticed that Miss Duke never sits still—a notorious sign? Haven't you ever observed that Inglewood is always washing his hands— a known mark of mental disease? I, of course, am a dipsomaniac." ... — Manalive • G. K. Chesterton Read full book for free!