Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 2619
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And as he asked the question a disappointment which was not entirely the disappointment of thwarted duty crossed d’Urberville’s face. It was unmistakably a symptom that something of his old passion for her had been revived; duty and desire ran hand-in-hand.