CHAPTER 5
BOOK V · PART XLVI
CHAPTER V
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That night Stephen took the girl roughly in her arms.
"I love you -- I love you so much. " she stammered; and she kissed Mary many times on the mouth, but cruelly so that her kisses were pain -- the pain in her heart leapt out through her lips: "God! It's too terrible to love like this -- it's hell -- there are times when I can't endure it!"