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1. "I said that my life belonged to my dear Walter, for the rest of my days - and so it does. I said that I should never be happy again till I had found the opportunity of doing a good Something for Walter." Which chirpy character says this?
2. "It is the grand misfortune of my life that nobody will let me alone. The last annoyance that has assailed me is the annoyance of being called upon to write this Narrative." Which misanthropic character is responsible for this account?
3. "They will tease me about dressing all in white - they say it looks so particular. How do they know? Mrs. Fairlie knew best." Which character from the book's title utters these lines?
4. "A taste for sweets is the innocent taste of women and children. I love to share it with them - it is another bond, dear ladies, between you and me." Which obese character with pet white mice tries to charm the ladies here?
5. "I am your old lawyer and old friend, and I may remind you, I am sure, without offence, of the possibility of your marrying Sir Percival Glyde." Which faithful family friend advises Laura with this line?
6. "I started to my feet as suddenly as if he had struck me. If I had been a man, I would have knocked him down on the threshold of his own door, and have left his house, never on any earthly consideration to enter it again. But I was only a woman - and I loved his wife so dearly!" Which powerless yet plucky character is this?
7. "You write to him and he writes to you. While I am alive, if he asks after me always tell him I am well, and never say I am unhappy. Don't distress him, Marian, for my sake, don't distress him." And which shy and unhappy young woman is this?
8. "I don't want to offend anybody but my wife's obstinacy is enough to try the patience of a saint. I have told her this is merely a formal document - and what more can she want? You may say what you please, but it is no part of a woman's duty to set her husband at defiance." Who can barely calm himself long enough to spit these lines out?
9. "Under these circumstances I did my duty as a mother. No pauper Asylum, I said, I won't have her put in a pauper Asylum. A Private Establishment if you please. I have my feelings as a mother, and my character to preserve in the town." Whose true motherly instincts are revealed here?
10. "There in the middle of the broad, bright high-road - there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven - stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments, her face bent in grave inquiry on mine, her hand pointing to the dark cloud over London as I faced her." Which character writes of his encounter with the Woman in White?
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