“Simon is too good to gnaw the bare branch…” Sigrid Undset

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“Simon is too good to gnaw the bare branch from which another man has broken the blossom.”

Sigrid Undset (spoken by Kristin)

The Bridal Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter I), Book Two, Chapter 5, trans. Charles Archer and J. S. Scott (1923)

Kristin explains to Brother Edwin why she cannot marry Simon.

Citation: "Simon is too good to gnaw the bare branch from which another man has broken the blossom." — Sigrid Undset, The Bridal Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter I), Book Two, Chapter 5, trans. Charles Archer and J. S. Scott (1923). (id undset-the-bridal-wreath-q2)

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Quotation from The Bridal Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter I) by Sigrid Undset