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“‘Lily—can’t I help you?’ he exclaimed.
She looked at him gently. ‘Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well—you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me. But the moment is gone—it was I who let it go. And one must go on living.’”
— May 23, 2026 11:22AM
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She looked at him gently. ‘Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well—you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me. But the moment is gone—it was I who let it go. And one must go on living.’”
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“What, then, if the passion persisted, though the other motive had ceased to sustain it? She had never tried to please him—he had been drawn to her in spite of her manifest disdain. What if she now chose to exert the power which, even in its passive state, he had felt to strongly? What if she made him marry her for love, now that he had no other reason for marrying her?”
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“You asked me just now for the truth—well, the truth about any girl is that once she’s talked about she’s done for; and the more she explains her case the worse it looks.”
— May 23, 2026 08:21AM
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