"Counterwork" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... except my mother, and she knows nothing of this Mrs. Bertram. How unlucky! I think I shall advertise. Yet, no. I could only distinguish this Mrs. Bertram from any other of the same name, by stating with whom she had gone abroad, and that would catch the attention of Peschiera, and set him to counterwork us." ...
— My Novel, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
