# Quote — Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

> She is sitting there before me. There is the graceful outline of her form; it cannot be mistaken — there is nothing like it. The two countesses had no outlines at all, and the dowager's was a demd outline. Why is she so excruciatingly beautiful that I cannot be angry with her, even now?

- Author: [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md)
- Book: [Nicholas Nickleby](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/nicholas-nickleby.md)
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