She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly - the thought of the world's concern at her situation - was founded on illusion. She w… - Thomas Hardy

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She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly - the thought of the world's concern at her situation - was founded on illusion. She was not an existence, an experience, a passion, a structure of sensations, to anybody but herself. To all humankind besides, Tess was only a passing thought.