Quote by Charles Dickens

Such a number of nights,' said the girl, with a touch of woman's tenderness, which communicated something like sweetness of tone, even to her voice; 'such a number of nights as I've been patient with you, nursing and caring for you, as if you had been a child: and this the first that I've seen you like yourself; you wouldn't have served me as you did just now, if you'd thought of that, would you? Come, come; say you wouldn't.

Such a number of nights,' said the girl, with a touch of wom

Summary

In this quote, the girl expresses her frustration to someone she has cared for, highlighting the countless nights she has spent looking after them. With a gentle tone, she suggests that she has shown them kindness and treated them like a child, hoping they would appreciate her efforts. However, she confronts the other person about their recent ill treatment toward her. Overall, she asks for reassurance that they would not purposely hurt her if they had considered the many sacrifices she has made for their wellbeing.

Topics

Love Women Care

By Charles Dickens

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

One sheds one's sicknesses in books -- repeats and presents

One sheds one's sicknesses in books -- repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.

Bertrand Russell

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and f

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian.

Sugar Ray Leonard

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, an

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can ta

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.

John Paul Jones

The only thing limiting your aspiration is your imagination.

The only thing limiting your aspiration is your imagination.

Stephen Richards

Happiness Abundance Creation Cosmic Ordering Focus Goal Setting Goals Law Of Attraction Life Changing Dreams Hopes Aspiration

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets p

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.

She thought of Henry and Diana on the stoop gazing at each o

She thought of Henry and Diana on the stoop gazing at each other with the confusion and sadness of two puppies who have just stumbled into their first puddle and not yet come to understand what has happened to them and found that she wanted to lie extravagantly.

Love Sadness Confusion Love Lost

Men's faults to themselves seldom appear.

Men's faults to themselves seldom appear.

William Shakespeare

Within the first few months I discovered that being presiden

Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wa

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

Kenneth Auchincloss