[The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Adventures of Harry Richmond CHAPTER XXXI 10/13
"Why is he here? what seeks he among us ?" It was his jealousy, not of the man, but of the nation, which would send one to break and bear away his carefully cultivated German lily.
No eye but his did read me through.
And you endured the trial that was forced on you. You made no claim for recompense when it was over.
No, there is no pure love but strong love! It belongs to our original elements, and of its purity should never be question, only of its strength. 'I could not help you when you were put under scrutiny before the margravine and the baroness.
Help from me would have been the betrayal of both.
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