I would say, “i love thee freely, as men strive for right;”
The convict confesses to stealing a pie from the blacksmith
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Even though the story revolves around the premise of the aunts' mercy killings, the central conflict is with Jonathan. Without Jonathan's arrival as the primary antagonist, there would be few to no real obstacles between Mortimer and his goal of protecting his aunts and committing Teddy.
It tells, how different cultures are, or how similar they can be. lol