Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad


What is best in a state of brimful, equable suffering is that it
does away with the gnawings of petty sensations. Too far gone to
be sensible to hope and desire I was spared the inferior pangs of
elation and impatience. Hours with her or hours without her were
all alike, all in her possession! But still there are shades and I
will admit that the hours of that morning were perhaps a little
more difficult to get through than the others. I had sent word of
my arrival of course. I had written a note. I had rung the bell.
Therese had appeared herself in her brown garb and as monachal as
ever. I had said to her:

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