The House of Mirth
"He saw that all the conditions of life had been conspired to keep them apart... but at least he had loved her - had been willing to stake his future on his faith in her... It was in this moment of love, this fleeting victory over themselves, which had kept them from atrophy and extinction; which, in her, had reached out to him in every struggle against the influence of her surroundings, and in him, had kept alive the faith that now drew him penitent and reconciled to her side. He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear."
The End
"He saw that all the conditions of life had been conspired to keep them apart... but at least he had loved her - had been willing to stake his future on his faith in her... It was in this moment of love, this fleeting victory over themselves, which had kept them from atrophy and extinction; which, in her, had reached out to him in every struggle against the influence of her surroundings, and in him, had kept alive the faith that now drew him penitent and reconciled to her side. He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear."
The End
