“Her charm was too compelling not to be tasted in secret and too sacred to be openly violated.”
About This Quote
Actual quote: real or well-feigned resentment to a stark display of desire, or whether a glum, cunning approach was dictated to him by considerations of pity and decency toward a chaste child, whose charm was too compelling not to be tasted in secret and too sacred to be openly violated; but something went wrong— that much was clear.
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