Her tears were partly tears of happiness, for she felt that the strang…

W. Somerset Maugham
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Her tears were partly tears of happiness, for she felt that the strangeness between them was gone. She loved him now with a new love because he had made her suffer. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2009). Of Human Bondage, p.64, The Floating Press
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Her tears were partly tears of happiness, for she felt that the strangeness between them was gone. She loved him now with a new love because he had made her suffer. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2009). Of Human Bondage, p.64, The Floating Press

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