...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bou…

Edith Wharton
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...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all spontaneity of feeling, and seemed to herself to be passively awaiting a fate she could not avert. ✨ Edith Wharton (2001). Summer, p.138, Electric Book Company
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...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all spontaneity of feeling, and seemed to herself to be passively awaiting a fate she could not avert. ✨ Edith Wharton (2001). Summer, p.138, Electric Book Company

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