He never could have loved me, or he would not have resigned me so willingly
It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth.
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.
When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one’s anger.
I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion was more than that of all the world to me.