Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"You thought I wouldn't give it to you. Amigo, I wanted nothing so
much as to give it to you. And now, perhaps--you will take it."


"Not without the woman," I said sombrely.


"Take it," she said. "I haven't the courage to deliver myself up
to Therese. No. Not even for your sake. Don't you think I have
been miserable enough yet?"


I snatched the arrow out of her hand then and ridiculously pressed
it to my breast; but as I opened my lips she who knew what was
struggling for utterance in my heart cried in a ringing tone:

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