[Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade]@TWC D-Link bookPut Yourself in His Place CHAPTER IV 12/14
Away from the deafening workshop, and the mean jealousies and brutality of his inferiors, who despised him, to the presence of a beautiful and refined girl, who was his superior, yet did not despise him.
From sin to purity, from din to cleanliness, from war to peace, from vilest passions to Paradise. Her smile had never appeared so fascinating, her manner never so polite yet placid.
How softly and comfortably she and her ample dress nestled into the corner of the sofa and fitted it! How white her nimble hand! how bright her delicious face! How he longed to kiss her exquisite hand, or her little foot, or her hem, or the ground she walked on, or something she had touched, or her eye had dwelt on. But he must not even think too much of such delights, lest he should show his heart too soon.
So, after a short lesson, he proposed to go into the lumber-room and find something to work upon.
"Yes, do," said Grace.
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