King Charles' head

King Charles' head
An obsession, especially one that keeps intruding irrelevantly into other matters.

I cant make it out, said Mr. Dick, shaking his head. Theres something wrong, somewhere. However, it was very soon after the mistake was made of putting some of the trouble out of King Charless head into my head, that the man first came. I was walking out with Miss Trotwood after tea, just at dark, and there he was, close to our house.

Syn: idee fixe

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