Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 2458
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“Izz and Marian,” said Mrs Angel Clare, with a dignity which was extremely touching, seeing how very little of a wife she was: “I can’t join in talk with you now, as I used to do, about Mr Clare; you will see that I cannot; because, although he is gone away from me for the present, he is my husband.”