An increase of tenderness always ended by boiling over and turning to …

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An increase of tenderness always ended by boiling over and turning to indignation. He was at the point where we seek to adopt a course, and to accept what tears us apart. ✨ Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). Les misérables, Dutton Adult
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An increase of tenderness always ended by boiling over and turning to indignation. He was at the point where we seek to adopt a course, and to accept what tears us apart. ✨ Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). Les misérables, Dutton Adult

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