“ There they were, close together and safe and shut in; yet so chained to their separate destinies that they might as well have been half the world apart. ”
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence (1920). copy citation
| Author | Edith Wharton |
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| Source | The Age of Innocence |
| Topic | destiny closeness separation |
| Date | 1920 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/541/541-h/541-h.htm |
Context
“His one terror was to do anything which might efface the sound and impression of her words; his one thought, that he should never again feel quite alone.
But after a moment the sense of waste and ruin overcame him. There they were, close together and safe and shut in; yet so chained to their separate destinies that they might as well have been half the world apart.
"What's the use—when you will go back?" he broke out, a great hopeless HOW ON EARTH CAN I KEEP YOU? crying out to her beneath his words.
She sat motionless, with lowered lids. "Oh—I shan't go yet!"” source
But after a moment the sense of waste and ruin overcame him. There they were, close together and safe and shut in; yet so chained to their separate destinies that they might as well have been half the world apart.
"What's the use—when you will go back?" he broke out, a great hopeless HOW ON EARTH CAN I KEEP YOU? crying out to her beneath his words.
She sat motionless, with lowered lids. "Oh—I shan't go yet!"” source
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