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Quotation from Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

“There! That comes of strangling people with hymns!”

J. Sheridan Le Fanu (spoken by Carmilla)

Carmilla, Chapter IV, Her Habits—A Saunter (Project Gutenberg #10007)

Portrait of J. Sheridan Le Fanu

After a peasant girl's funeral procession passes singing, Carmilla suffers a convulsive fit and blames the hymn.

Citation: "There! That comes of strangling people with hymns!" — J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla, Chapter IV, Her Habits—A Saunter (Project Gutenberg #10007). (id carmilla-q4)

Portrait: Sheridan Le Fanu 002, Unknown author, Public domain.

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