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Quotation from Villette by Charlotte Brontë
“She could shine yet with pale grandeur and steady might; but that star verged already on its judgment-day.”
Villette, Ch. XXIII (Project Gutenberg text)
Lucy's first impression of the great actress she calls Vashti, seen on stage in Villette.
Citation: "She could shine yet with pale grandeur and steady might; but that star verged already on its judgment-day." — Charlotte Brontë, Villette, Ch. XXIII (Project Gutenberg text). (id villette-q5)
Portrait: CBRichmond, George Richmond, Public domain.
