Her father had loved her then--ay, and more deeply than she knew The chief thing which troubled Olive was the sight of the paper on which her father's dying hand had scrawled "Harold."— Olive A Novel
And so he did--ay, and where he created, he loved.— Olive A Novel
Perhaps--ay, and looking at him, the thought smote Olive with a great fear--perhaps to that awful question there was no answer in his soul John Dent passed him by, and came to the side of Olive Rothesay Miss, folk say you're a good woman.— Olive A Novel
The attempt of one earnest mind to show unto many what humanity is--ay, and more, what humanity might become; to depict what is true in essence through imaginary forms; to teach, counsel, and warn, by means of the silent transcript of human life.— Olive A Novel
No?--ay, then you know not love Sometimes I think love is the darkest mystery of life: mere desire will not explain it, nor will the passions or the affections.— Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida

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