[Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad]@TWC D-Link bookAlmayer's Folly CHAPTER XI 31/48
I remember how it ended also.
Scorn for scorn, contempt for contempt, hate for hate.
I am not of your race.
Between your people and me there is also a barrier that nothing can remove.
You ask why I want to go, and I ask you why I should stay." He staggered as if struck in the face, but with a quick, unhesitating grasp she caught him by the arm and steadied him. "Why you should stay!" he repeated slowly, in a dazed manner, and stopped short, astounded at the completeness of his misfortune. "You told me yesterday," she went on again, "that I could not understand or see your love for me: it is so.
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