"No average man will molest a woman by day or night, at home or abroad, unless she invites him. Until she says by a look "Come on" he is always afrai… - Thomas Hardy

It has been sometimes argued that there is no truer criterion of the vitality of any given art-period than the power of the master-spirits of that time in grotesque; and certainly in the instance of Gothic art there is no disputing the proposition.

A little stimulated at not finding her ready and waiting - so fanciful are men! - he hastened on...

Having begun to love you, I love you for ever - in all changes, in all disgraces, because you are yourself.