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Treasure Island
- On stormy nights, when the wind shook the four corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand forms, and with a thousand diabolical expressions.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
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(diabolical) evil; very bad; or cruel and clever (like something of the devil)