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Updated: November 3, 2024

It was the misery of her own condition that showed forth, hitherto obscured by her ardour for ameliorating his. They closed together, and kissed each other as though the emotion of their whole year-and-half's acquaintance had settled down upon that moment. 'I won't go away from you! said Swithin huskily. 'Why did you propose it for an instant?

Thomas Hardy - Two on a Tower