Twice Flush had done his utmost to kill his enemy; twice he had failed…

Virginia Woolf
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Twice Flush had done his utmost to kill his enemy; twice he had failed. And why had he failed, he asked himself? Because he loved Miss Barrett. Looking up at her from under his eyebrows as she lay, severe and silent on the sofa, he knew that he must love her for ever. Things are not simple but complex. If he bit Mr. Browning he bit her too. Hatred is not hatred; hatred is also love. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2013). Flush, p.37, Lulu Press, Inc
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