Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 645
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“No, you will not leave me to-morrow! Will you, I ask once more, show your belief in me by letting me clasp you with my arm? Come, between us two and nobody else, now. We know each other well; and you know that I love you, and think you the prettiest girl in the world, which you are. Mayn’t I treat you as a lover?”