God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, one to show a woman when he loves her! [Robert Browning]
Soul and body awry, Oliver sought out the pain of his own reflection.
You didn't mean to be unkind, my dear, but don't forget that plain women are the bricks of the world.
We blind have our compensations – we sense what other people see.
It's dreadful in the long evenings to have no one to read to you... or play cards with you... fill your pipe... or chat over the news in the paper...
One needs companionship when the wind is moaning down the chimney and the fire hissing at the rain... I know.
Of course I know I'm ugly. I know exactly what you mean, but it was a shock to be told of it so bluntly. You see, Mr. Bashforth, even ill-favored women have their dreams – foolish happy dreams in which they are lovely and desirable. One should spare them too sudden an awakening.
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