My remorse is not for having seized the weapon and struck the blow, it is that I owe to him - to him - that infamous good service which he did me - that I cannot to the present hour shake from me the horrible gift I have received from that man. (Paul Bourget)

My remorse is not for having seized the weapon and struck the blow, it is that I owe to him - to him - that infamous good service which he did me - that I cannot to the present hour shake from me the horrible gift I have received from that man.

Paul Bourget

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