Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 2091
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“Quite sure. We ought to part, and we may as well get it past and done. You once said that I was apt to win men against their better judgement; and if I am constantly before your eyes I may cause you to change your plans in opposition to your reason and wish; and afterwards your repentance and my sorrow will be terrible.”