Self-Preparation for the Final Examination: Containing a Complete Course of Study, with Statutes, Cases, and Questions (1880)

When my inner self goes wrong, my bangle turns dusky.‘ She held up her right hand with an Indian silver bangle on it; and sure enough, it was tarnished with a very thin black deposit. 'My soul is ailing now, ’ she said in a comically serious voice. ‘But it is seldom so in Switzerland. The moment I land in England the bangle turns black and remains black till I get back to Lucerne again.