near-to-happiness

Updated: June 9, 2025

Nor is it urgent on her that she should think defiantly in order to feel herself the rebel. Aminta reviewed perforce, dead against her will, certain of the near-to-happiness ratings over-night. She thinned her lips, and her cheeks glowed. An arm, on the plea of rescuing, had been round her. The choice now offered her was, to yield to softness or to think.

George Meredith - Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete