“ The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. ”
Joseph Conrad, Victory: An Island Tale (1915). copy citation
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
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| Source | Victory: An Island Tale |
| Topic | courage love |
| Date | 1915 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6378/6378-h/6378-h.htm |
Context
“and though his eyes strayed about irresolutely, yet his swollen, angry features awakened in the miserable woman over whom he had been tyrannizing for years a fear for his precious carcass, since the poor creature had nothing else but that to hold on to in the world. She knew him well; but she did not know him altogether. The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. And, timid in her corner, she ventured to say pressingly:
“Be careful, Wilhelm! Remember the knives and revolvers in their trunks.”
In guise of thanks for that anxious reminder, he swore horribly in the direction of her shrinking person.”
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