"Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gr...

leave him free, and the mere sense of liberty would content him, joined to the knowledge that his presence was dear to those whom he loved best.
~ Louisa May Alcott ~












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