 I did what I could. It was all that I saw — it was all that was left me. It took hold of me, it possessed me: it was the last gleam of a chance." Paul flushed like a sick man under a new wave of weakness. "Of a chance for what?" "To make him hate her....  The Other House - Page 383de Henry James - 1897 - 316 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
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...weakness. "Of a chance for what?" "To make him take her. You'll say my calculation was grotesque—my stupidity as ignoble as my crime. All I can answer...that I might none the less have succeeded. People have—in worse conditions. But I don't defend myself—I'm face to face with my mistake. I'm face... | |
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