They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
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They had entered the thorny wilderness, and the golden gates of their childhood had for ever closed behind them.

— George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
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