I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
Edith Wharton
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.
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...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all spontaneity of feeling and seemed to herself to be passively awaiting a fate she could not avert.
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