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Quotation from The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson

“Alas, poor soul, and we should rather pity him!”

Robert Louis Stevenson (spoken by Dick Shelton)

The Black Arrow, Book I, Chapter VII (Project Gutenberg #848)

Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson

Hiding on the heath, Dick sees the blind leper with his bell and staff and pities him before fear overcomes them both.

Citation: "Alas, poor soul, and we should rather pity him!" — Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow, Book I, Chapter VII (Project Gutenberg #848). (id the-black-arrow-q3)

Virtues: Charity

Portrait: Blackarrowcover, Cassel 1888., Public domain.

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