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Quotation from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
“I am nothing but a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man.”
The Woman in White, Second Epoch, The Story Continued by Frederick Fairlie, Esq. (Project Gutenberg #583)
Mr. Fairlie describes himself to Count Fosco, who promptly offers advice on nerves and adjusts the light in the room.
Citation: "I am nothing but a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man." — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White, Second Epoch, The Story Continued by Frederick Fairlie, Esq. (Project Gutenberg #583). (id the-woman-in-white-q6)
Portrait: (William) Wilkie Collins by Rudolph Lehmann, Rudolf Lehmann, Public domain.
