And with that answer, he left me. I would much rather he had knocked m…

Charlotte Bronte
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And with that answer, he left me. I would much rather he had knocked me down. ✨ Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.333, Penguin
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And with that answer, he left me. I would much rather he had knocked me down. ✨ Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.333, Penguin

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