An acquaintance had become a lover, might become a husband, but would …

E. M. Forster
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An acquaintance had become a lover, might become a husband, but would retain all that she had noted in the acquaintance; and love must confirm an old relation rather than reveal a new one. ✨ E. M. Forster (2016). Howards End: England Literature, p.151, 谷月社
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An acquaintance had become a lover, might become a husband, but would retain all that she had noted in the acquaintance; and love must confirm an old relation rather than reveal a new one. ✨ E. M. Forster (2016). Howards End: England Literature, p.151, 谷月社

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