Stephen Crane quote: But as the girl timidly accosted him, he gave a convulsive movement and saved hisrespectability by a vigorous side-step. He ...

But as the girl timidly accosted him, he gave a convulsive movement and saved hisrespectability by a vigorous side-step. He did not risk it to save a soul. For how was he toknow that there was a soul before him that needed ...

~ Stephen Crane ~

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