mouse quoted The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (Penguin classics)
Content warning Mill on the Floss near ending
“Dearest,” he said, in his deepest, tenderest tone, leaning toward her, and putting his arm round her, “you are mine now,—the world believes it; duty must spring out of that now.
“In a few hours you will be legally mine, and those who had claims on us will submit,—they will see that there was a force which declared against their claims.”
— The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (Penguin classics)
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