Strange that grief should now almost choke me, because another human b…

Charlotte Bronte
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Strange that grief should now almost choke me, because another human being's eye has failed to greet mine. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2010). Shirley and The Professor, p.177, Everyman's Library
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Strange that grief should now almost choke me, because another human being's eye has failed to greet mine. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2010). Shirley and The Professor, p.177, Everyman's Library

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