Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 105
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And as each and all of them were warmed without by the sun, so each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in; some dream, some affection, some hobby, at least some remote and distant hope which, though perhaps starving to nothing, still lived on, as hopes will. They were all cheerful, and many of them merry.