“ We common people are all one way or the other—warm or cold, passionate or frigid. ”
Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Hardy |
|---|---|
| Source | The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| Topic | cold |
| Date | 1886 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/143/143-h/143-h.htm |
Context
““What then?”
“Quite otherwise. You are most interesting.”
It was now Farfrae who showed the modest pink.
“I mean all you Scotchmen,” she added in hasty correction. “So free from Southern extremes. We common people are all one way or the other—warm or cold, passionate or frigid. You have both temperatures going on in you at the same time.”
“But how do you mean that? Ye were best to explain clearly, ma’am.”
“You are animated—then you are thinking of getting on. You are sad the next moment—then you are thinking of Scotland and friends.””
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