You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman! β¨ Thomas Hardy (2016). JUDE THE OBSCURE (British Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel, p.307, e-artnow
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