“ Love is swifter than vril. You hesitate to tell me. Do not think it is only jealousy that prompts me to caution you. ”
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Coming Race (1871). copy citation
| Author | Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
|---|---|
| Source | The Coming Race |
| Topic | caution jealousy |
| Date | 1871 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1951/1951-h/1951-h.htm |
Context
“With perfect frankness, then, answer me this question. If you cannot love me, do you love another?" "Certainly, I do not." "You do not love Taee's sister?" "I never saw her before last night." "That is no answer. Love is swifter than vril. You hesitate to tell me. Do not think it is only jealousy that prompts me to caution you. If the Tur's daughter should declare love to you--if in her ignorance she confides to her father any preference that may justify his belief that she will woo you, he will have no option but to request your immediate destruction, as he is specially charged with the duty of consulting the good of the community, which could not allow the daughter of the Vril-ya to wed a son of the Tish-a, in that sense of marriage which does not confine itself to union of the souls.”
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