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Lady Sondes’ match surprises, but does not offend me; had her first marriage been of affection, or had their been a grown-up daughter, I should not have forgiven her; but I consider everybody as having a right to marry once in their lives for love, if they can.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker weighs circumstances of a remarriage and allows a right to marry for love once if possible. The judgment about the earlier marriage and a hypothetical daughter remains conditional; it does not establish additional biographical facts. The readable archived spelling remains.
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