Really you must. Nobody wishes you harm, I’m sure. FALDER. … - John Galsworthy

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Really you must. Nobody wishes you harm, I’m sure. FALDER. I believe that, Mr. Cokeson. Nobody wishes you harm, but they down you all the same. This feeling — [He stares round him, as though at something closing in] It’s crushing me. [With sudden impersonality] I know it is.

John Galsworthy

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John Galsworthy OM (14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906–1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1932.

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