“Suppose I broke away and left you, or made it impossible for you to stay. That I was base and false; in every way unworthy of your love, and it was clearly right for you to go, what would you do then?"
"Go away and–"
He interrupted with a triumphant laugh, "Die as heroines always do, tender slaves as they are.”

— Louisa May Alcott , A Long Fatal Love Chase

"No, live and forget you", was the unexpected reply.
Phillip and Rosamund, p. 46.
A Long Fatal Love Chase (1866)

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