She was not an existence, an experience, a passion, a structure of sensations, to anybody but herself. To … - Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy

She was not an existence, an experience, a passion, a structure of sensations, to anybody but herself. To all humankind besides Tess was only a passing thought. Even to friends she was no more than a frequently passing thought.

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