Note 9 — Chapter III · THE SUFFERINGS OF FRITZ AND WILHELMINA.
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“Never in any romance or stage play was young lady, without blame, without furtherance, and without hinderance of her own, so tormented about a settlement in life—passive she all the while, mere clay in the hands of the potter, and begging the universe to have the extreme goodness only to leave her alone.”—Carlyle.