Elizabeth Gaskell Quote
Much of this nervous dread of encountering strangers I ascribed to the idea of her personal ugliness, which had been strongly impressed upon her imagination early in life, and which she exaggerated to herself in a remarkable manner. I notice, said she, that after a stranger has once looked at my face, he is careful not to let his eyes wander to that part of the room again! A more untrue idea never entered into any one's head.
Elizabeth Gaskell
Much of this nervous dread of encountering strangers I ascribed to the idea of her personal ugliness, which had been strongly impressed upon her imagination early in life, and which she exaggerated to herself in a remarkable manner. I notice, said she, that after a stranger has once looked at my face, he is careful not to let his eyes wander to that part of the room again! A more untrue idea never entered into any one's head.