grief-inspired

Updated: May 9, 2025

The loins swayed and the bosom swelled, as with a deep sigh, between the parted arms. And suddenly the head drooped, the thighs bent, and the figure came forward like a living being, with all the wild anguish, the grief-inspired spring of a woman who is flinging herself down. Claude at last understood things, when Mahoudeau uttered a terrible cry.

Émile Zola - His Masterpiece