Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 2178
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“Yes, yes; that’s where my misery do lie! But I thought he could get rid o’ me by law if he were determined not to overlook it. And O, if you knew—if you could only half know how I loved him—how anxious I was to have him—and how wrung I was between caring so much for him and my wish to be fair to him!”