“Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes?”
Captain Wentworth’s letter to Anne, in the Musgrove’s room at the White Hart in Bath
Persuasion, volume 2, chapter 11
Rupert Penry-Jones as Wentworth. Image via TVscoop.
The Jane Austen Guide to Life: Thoughtful Lessons for the Modern Woman (May, 2012)
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Be still my beating heart. I love reading that letter.