 ... he pressed his trembling lips upon the lips of Marie ; but at the same moment, he started with affright, he drew back his lips frozen by the touch. " Marie ! Marie !" he exclaimed, pale and overcome. It was not long before he discovered his misfortune,...  Love's Sacrifice - Page 265by Maria Georgina Grey - 1868Full view - About this book
 | Arsène Houssaye - 1852 - 626 pages
...overcome. It was not long before he discovered his misfortune, he saw that she was dead. He took her.bands, he raised her in his arms, he pressed her to his heart, he wept, he prayed ; in a word, be did all that the most tender passion, the most desperate grief inspired.... | |
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