Nabokov kills Charlotte, ignobly and in an instant, and very near the start of the book. |
And not only has it failed in its management, but it has failed deplorably, ignobly, horribly. |
Why should he not do nobly that which journalists did ignobly and without principle? |
Certainly no man ever fell so ignobly, and by such ignoble instruments, as I did. |
Broken thus in fortune and honour, Mr. Dombey yet falls not ignobly. |
This is the disheartening tale of a noble people ignobly led. |