Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 2139
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The severity of the decree seemed deadly to Tess; she saw his view of her clearly enough; he could regard her in no other light than that of one who had practised gross deceit upon him. Yet could a woman who had done even what she had done deserve all this? But she could contest the point with him no further. She simply repeated after him his own words.