"A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely. In the hour of need, when all else fails, we remember him upon whose knees we sat when children, and who soothed our sorrows; and even though he may be unable to assist us, his mere presence serves to comfort and strengthen us."

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Source : Emile Gaboriau (1908). “File number 113: and The little old man of Batignolles”

Emile Gaboriau

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