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Quotation from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
“Only between these two hearts there lay a strong, impassable barrier, built up of pride on both sides, which neither of them cared to be the first to demolish.”
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ch. XVI (Project Gutenberg text)
As dawn breaks at Richmond, husband and wife part without yielding to each other.
Citation: "Only between these two hearts there lay a strong, impassable barrier, built up of pride on both sides, which neither of them cared to be the first to demolish." — Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ch. XVI (Project Gutenberg text). (id the-scarlet-pimpernel-q6)
Portrait: Thescarletpimpernel1908, Baroness Emma Orczy, Public domain.
