I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dre…

Charles Dickens
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I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes. ✨ Charles Dickens (1881). Great Expectations, p.78
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I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes. ✨ Charles Dickens (1881). Great Expectations, p.78

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