There is a perverse mood of the mind which is rather soothed than irri…

Charlotte Bronte
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There is a perverse mood of the mind which is rather soothed than irritated by misconstruction; and in quarters where we can never be rightly known, we take pleasure, I think, in being consummately ignored. What honest man on being casually taken for a housebreaker does not feel rather tickled than vexed at the mistake? ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2016). Villette, p.98, Xist Publishing
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