I envy you your peace of mind, your clean conscience, your unpolluted …

Charlotte Bronte
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I envy you your peace of mind, your clean conscience, your unpolluted memory. Little girl, a memory without blot of contamination must be an exquisite treasure-an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment: is it not? ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2013). Jane Eyre, p.173, Simon and Schuster
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I envy you your peace of mind, your clean conscience, your unpolluted memory. Little girl, a memory without blot of contamination must be an exquisite treasure-an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment: is it not? ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2013). Jane Eyre, p.173, Simon and Schuster

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