We were equals afterwards, as we had been before; but, afterwards at q…

Charles Dickens
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We were equals afterwards, as we had been before; but, afterwards at quiet times when I sat looking at Joe and thinking about him, I had a new sensation of feeling conscious that I was looking up to Joe in my heart. ✨ Charles Dickens (1881). Great Expectations, p.70
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We were equals afterwards, as we had been before; but, afterwards at quiet times when I sat looking at Joe and thinking about him, I had a new sensation of feeling conscious that I was looking up to Joe in my heart. ✨ Charles Dickens (1881). Great Expectations, p.70

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