This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don't you think so?
 Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891). copy citation

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Author Thomas Hardy
Source Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Topic difficulty living
Date 1891
Language English
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«The milk turning sour?»
«No.»
«Life in general?»
«Yes, sir.»
«Ah—so have I, very often. This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don't you think so?»
«It is—now you put it that way.»
«All the same, I shouldn't have expected a young girl like you to see it so just yet. How is it you do?»
She maintained a hesitating silence.
«Come, Tess, tell me in confidence.»” source

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