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A friend of Helen’s, Milicent is kind, submissive, and good. Against her own better judgment, she marries Ralph Hattersley. Milicent shares Helen’s love of painting. She also shares her misfortune in marrying a man devoted to drink and debauchery, but, unlike Arthur Huntingdon, Ralph sees the error of his ways and becomes a devoted husband and father.
Milicent Hargrave Quotes in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The The Tenant of Wildfell Hall quotes below are all either spoken by Milicent Hargrave or refer to Milicent Hargrave . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 32
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“A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.”
“But why complain at all, unless, because you are tired and dissatisfied?”
“To excuse my own failings, to be sure. Do you think I'll bear all the burden of my sins on my own shoulders, as long as there's another ready to help me, with none of her own to carry?”
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Milicent Hargrave Quotes in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The The Tenant of Wildfell Hall quotes below are all either spoken by Milicent Hargrave or refer to Milicent Hargrave . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 32
Quotes
“A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.”
“But why complain at all, unless, because you are tired and dissatisfied?”
“To excuse my own failings, to be sure. Do you think I'll bear all the burden of my sins on my own shoulders, as long as there's another ready to help me, with none of her own to carry?”
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