Quote#Beauty
He had come on her that morning in a moment of disarray; her face had…
Quote byEdith Wharton · 1862–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The House of Mirth" (1905), bk. 1, ch. 6.
English (original)
He had come on her that morning in a moment of disarray; her face had been pale and altered, and the diminution of her beauty had lent her a poignant charm. That is how she looks when she is alone! had been his first thought; and the second was to note in her the change which his coming produced.
— Edith Wharton
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