From The History of Pendennis, Volume One, by William Makepeace ThackerayTHE EFFUSIONS OF YOUTH
"Nor was she in the least moved while performing this act. What hours the boy had passed over those papers! What love and longing: what generous faith and manly devotion--what watchful nights and lonely fevers might they tell of! She tied them up like so much grocery, and sate down and made tea afterwards with a perfectly placid and contented heart: while Pen was yearning after her ten miles off: and hugging her image to his soul."
From Chapter 12, In Which a Shooting Match is Proposed
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