If I Loved You Less

In Jane Austen’s Emma, published in 1815, Mr. Knightley finally tells Emma Woodhouse that he loves her. He begins: “I cannot make speeches, Emma.” Then he says: “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”

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