Tess of the D'Urbervilles

9 'This happiness could not have lasted.' (What said or wrote this to them? What, or Who, were they talking about?)

1 'You are so childish! You don't understand the law.! (What said or wrote this to them? What, or Who, were they talking about?)

2 'She would have laid down her life for you.'

3 ' I'm afraid of your power over me.'

4 ' Why am I no the wrong said of this stone?'

5 'A woman's strength cannot last for ever.'

6 ' Oh, it's not the Angel who went away!'

7 'I didn't see you as you really were!'

8 'Let her finish her sleep!'

9 'This happiness could not have lasted.'

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This is one of the last lines of the novel (I think). Tess says this to Angel but all the men, there to take her away, can hear. Tess says that she was finally happy, at least for a little while. Check out Chapter 58 for more detail.