The curious double strands in Farfrae's thread of life - the commercial and the romantic - were very distinct at times. — Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
The curious double strands in Farfrae's thread of life - the commercial and the romantic - were very distinct at times. — Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
The curious double strands in Farfrae's thread of life - the commercial and the romantic - were very distinct at times. — Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
The curious double strands in Farfrae's thread of life - the commercial and the romantic - were very distinct at times. — Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
The curious double strands in Farfrae's thread of life - the commercial and the romantic - were very distinct at times. — Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
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The curious double strands in Farfrae's thread of life - the commercial and the romantic - were very distinct at times. Like the colours in a variegated cord those contrasts could be seen intertwisted, yet not mingling.

— Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
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