“ I desire no future that will break the ties of the past. ”
George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss (1860). copy citation
| Author | George Eliot |
|---|---|
| Source | The Mill on the Floss |
| Topic | past future link |
| Date | 1860 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6688/6688-h/6688-h.htm |
Context
“That book is quite closed?»
The gray eyes that had so often looked up at her with entreating worship, looked up at her now, with a last struggling ray of hope in them, and Maggie met them with her large sincere gaze.
«That book never will be closed, Philip,» she said, with grave sadness; «I desire no future that will break the ties of the past. But the tie to my brother is one of the strongest. I can do nothing willingly that will divide me always from him.»
«Is that the only reason that would keep us apart forever, Maggie?» said Philip, with a desperate determination to have a definite answer.” source
The gray eyes that had so often looked up at her with entreating worship, looked up at her now, with a last struggling ray of hope in them, and Maggie met them with her large sincere gaze.
«That book never will be closed, Philip,» she said, with grave sadness; «I desire no future that will break the ties of the past. But the tie to my brother is one of the strongest. I can do nothing willingly that will divide me always from him.»
«Is that the only reason that would keep us apart forever, Maggie?» said Philip, with a desperate determination to have a definite answer.” source
Meaning and analysis
