'But what is this?' he murmured. 'Why, Esther, you're crying now!'
'Oh, it's nothing - it's only too much happiness - and the wish,' sobbed she, 'that our dear Helen were as happy as ourselves.'


Frederick and Esther (Ch. LI : An Unexpected Occurence) - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)

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'But what is this?' he murmured. 'Why, Esther, you're crying now!' 'Oh, it's nothing - it's only too much happiness - and the wish,' sobbed she,...

'But what is this?' he murmured. 'Why, Esther, you're crying now!' 'Oh, it's nothing - it's only too much happiness - and the wish,' sobbed she,...

'But what is this?' he murmured. 'Why, Esther, you're crying now!' 'Oh, it's nothing - it's only too much happiness - and the wish,' sobbed she,...

'But what is this?' he murmured. 'Why, Esther, you're crying now!' 'Oh, it's nothing - it's only too much happiness - and the wish,' sobbed she,...