And she wanted to be free. It wasn't Mr. Brumley she wanted; he was but a means if indeed he was a means to an end. The person she wanted, the person she had always wanted was herself. Could Mr. Brumley give her that? Would Mr. Brumley give her that? Was it conceivable he would carry sacrifice to such a pitch as that?...
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About H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells was a 19th-century English writer. Herbert George Wells was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination