The Portrait of a Lady Suffering Quotes Page 4
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| Quote #10 Madame Merle dropped her eyes; she stood there in a kind of proud penance. "you’re very unhappy, I know. But I’m more so." |
Isabel and Madame Merle acknowledge their mutual suffering – the only thing they have in common any more. Madame Merle admits that she has wronged Isabel, and, in penance, declares her self-imposed exile to America.
| Quote #11 "Here on my knees, with you dying in my arms, I'm happier than I have been for a long time. And I want you to be happy – not to think of anything sad; only to feel that I'm near you and I love you. Why should there be pain? In such hours as this what have we to do with pain? That's not the deepest thing; there's something deeper." (54.17) |
Close to Ralph’s death, Isabel tries to remind him that there is something greater than suffering – love.
