“And if it's proud to have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts," Miss Jenny struck in, flushed, "she is proud.”

— Charles Dickens, book Our Mutual Friend

Bk. III, Ch. 2
Our Mutual Friend (1864-1865)

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