“I
have compared good and evil enough today, my dear,” he said quietly. “I can see too much of both sides, and the
cost of each. I should very much prefer
to be able to speak with you of something pleasanter, or at least less full of
pitfalls and failures, and mistakes that we see too late to help.”
Her face filled with concern. “I’m
sorry. I should prefer something more
agreeable as well. I have spent the day
trying to raise money for the clinic, mostly from people who have far more than
they need, and are still desperate for something further. So many women of high fashion dress not to
please the man they love, but to spite the women they fear.”
(from Execution
Dock by Anne Perry)
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