de-profundis-url: From the book: ‘As he approached her he found…
From the book:
‘As he approached her he found time to wish that he could recoil. As he touched her, his gold pince-nez became dislodged and was flattened between them. Such was the embrace. He considered, with truth, that it had been a failure. Passion should believe itself irresistible. It should forget civility and consideration and all the other curses of a refined nature. Above all, it should never ask for leave where there is a right of way. Why could he not do as any labourer or navvy – nay any young man behind the counter would have done?’
– Chapter 9, ‘Lucy as a Work of Art’
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