Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"Well, yes, heroically," she said; and there passed between us dim
smiles, I have no doubt of the most touching imbecility on earth.
We were standing by then in the middle of the room with its vivid
colours on a black background, with its multitude of winged figures
with pale limbs, with hair like halos or flames, all strangely
tense in their strained, decorative attitudes. Dona Rita made a
step towards me, and as I attempted to seize her hand she flung her
arms round my neck. I felt their strength drawing me towards her
and by a sort of blind and desperate effort I resisted. And all
the time she was repeating with nervous insistence:

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