It was always in your power to rule me. What pained me worst, and hardened me against you, was that I saw you didn’t care to exert your influence. Th… - George Gissing

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It was always in your power to rule me. What pained me worst, and hardened me against you, was that I saw you didn’t care to exert your influence. There was never a time when I could have resisted a word of yours spoken out of your love for me. But even then, I am afraid, you no longer loved me, and now — —