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In the short story, The Marriage of Miss Majesty, by Charles Dickens, the narrator says that the marriage of Miss Majesty was a sweetened version of murder. In this instance, crime is being committed for very little reward. In this case, the narrator is not condemning the marriage as a whole but rather the bride herself. He goes on to say that Mrs.
Tom Thumb intended to murder her husband not for any money or power but simply because she could. Being a bigger person, she had no problem going through with her plan and getting away with it.
Source: En Medio De ExtraaAs Vactimas
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