Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 1551
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“Well, it is for my convenience as well as my happiness. If I have a very large farm, either English or colonial, you will be invaluable as a wife to me; better than a woman out of the largest mansion in the country. So please—please, dear Tessy, disabuse your mind of the feeling that you will stand in my way.”