Curse/Quotes

"For as the torture grim

Seized on each withered limb

The writhing dame

Mid fire and flame

Yelled forth this curse on him

'Each lord of Ruddigore

Despite his best endeavor

Shall do one crime or more

Once, every day, forever.

This doom he can't defy

However he may try

For should he stay his hand, that day

In torture he shall die!'"

—"Sir Rupert Murgatroyd, His Leisure and His Riches", Ruddigore