offended-if

Updated: May 7, 2025

I could not bear this strange manner of speaking; it made my very soul shudder,-and I burst into tears. He flew to me, and actually flung himself at my feet, as if regardless who might see him, saying, "O, Miss Anville,-loveliest of women,-forgive my,-my,-I beseech you forgive me;-if I have offended-if I have hurt you-I could kill myself at the thought!"

Fanny Burney - Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World