Henry James Quote

I was there to protect and defend the little creatures in the world the most bereaved and the most loveable, the appeal of whose helplessness had suddenly become only too explicit, a deep, constant ache of one's own committed heart. We were cut off, really, together; we were united in our danger. They had nothing but me, and I - well, I had them.


Ch. II. - The Turn of the Screw (1898)


I was there to protect and defend the little creatures in the world the most bereaved and the most loveable, the appeal of whose helplessness had...

I was there to protect and defend the little creatures in the world the most bereaved and the most loveable, the appeal of whose helplessness had...

I was there to protect and defend the little creatures in the world the most bereaved and the most loveable, the appeal of whose helplessness had...

I was there to protect and defend the little creatures in the world the most bereaved and the most loveable, the appeal of whose helplessness had...