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Gustave Flaubert

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A mad idea seized her: he was gazing at her now! She was sure of it! She long to rush into his arms and seek refuge in his strength as in the very incarnation of love; she longed to cry: "Ravish me! Carry me off! Away from here! All my passion and all my dreams are yours -- yours alone!"
The curtain fell.
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Pt. II, Ch. XV

 
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